Which to use
“cultivé” and “cultivée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,758
- “cultivé” frequency rank
- #17,106
- “cultivée” frequency rank
- 29864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivé | cultivée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travaillé pour rendre plus fertile et productif. | Féminin singulier de l’adjectif cultivé. |
Same sound, different letters: cultivé vs cultivée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cultivé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cultivée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cultivé / cultivée
This is the hard kind. cultivé and cultivée are pronounced identically (\kyl.ti.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cultivé” sits inside “cultivée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultivé is recorded at frequency rank #12,758, classified as anadj, pronounced \kyl.ti.ve\. cultivée is at rank #17,106, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kyl.ti.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 29864, this pair ranks #313,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cultivé vs cultivée
Shared letters: ciltuvé. Private to "cultivé": -. Private to "cultivée": e.
"cultivé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cultivée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cultivé" and "cultivée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cultivé" vs "cultivée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivé" and "cultivée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captivé vs cultivé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #313,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.