Which to use
“cultivé” is an adjective and “cultiver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,758
- “cultivé” frequency rank
- #10,854
- “cultiver” frequency rank
- 23612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivé | cultiver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travaillé pour rendre plus fertile et productif. | Travailler une terre pour la rendre plus fertile et pour améliorer ses productions. |
Same sound, different letters: cultivé vs cultiver
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cultivé and cultiver
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cultivé and cultiver carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kyl.ti.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23612, 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\. cultiver is at rank #10,854, tagged as averb, 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 23612, this pair ranks #351,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cultivé vs cultiver
Shared letters: ciltuv. Private to "cultivé": é. Private to "cultiver": er.
"cultivé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cultiver" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultiver ← ccultiver · clutiver · culitver · culltiver · cultievr · cultiverr · cultivre · cultivver
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cultivé" and "cultiver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cultivé" vs "cultiver" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "cultivé" / "cultiver". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cultiver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivé" and "cultiver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captivé vs cultivé". 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 #351,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.