Which to use
“cultes” and “cuvées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,480
- “cultes” frequency rank
- #47,823
- “cuvées” frequency rank
- 58303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultes | cuvées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de culte. | Pluriel de cuvée. |
Where the eye mixes cultes and cuvées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cultes (CVCCVC) and cuvées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses cultes with cuvées
A purely visual mix-up. cultes (\kylt\) and cuvées (\ky.ve\) 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 58303, 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\. cuvées is at rank #47,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ky.ve\.
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 58303, this pair ranks #109,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cultes vs cuvées
Shared letters: cesu. Private to "cultes": lt. Private to "cuvées": vé.
"cultes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cuvées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultes ← ccultes · clutes · culets · culltes · cultess · cultse · culttes · cutles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cultes" and "cuvées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cultes" or "cuvées"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuvées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultes" and "cuvées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "covers vs cuvées". 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 #109,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.