Which to use
“cultes” and “cutter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,480
- “cultes” frequency rank
- #31,432
- “cutter” frequency rank
- 41912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultes | cutter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de culte. | Instrument muni d’une lame fixe, rétractable ou pliante, très tranchante. Certains modèles possèdent des lames pré-découpées en morceaux tranchants successifs. On l'utilise pour découper du papier, du carton, du plastique, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cultes and cutter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cultes and cutter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cultes and cutter
A purely visual mix-up. cultes (\kylt\) and cutter (\kœ.tœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultes is recorded at frequency rank #10,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \kylt\. cutter is at rank #31,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kœ.tœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 41912, this pair ranks #229,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cultes vs cutter
Shared letters: cetu. Private to "cultes": ls. Private to "cutter": r.
"cultes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cutter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cultes" for "cutter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cultes" vs "cutter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cutter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultes" and "cutter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cotte vs cutter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #229,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.