Which to use
“cultivé” and “cultivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,758
- “cultivé” frequency rank
- #18,978
- “cultivés” frequency rank
- 31736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivé | cultivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travaillé pour rendre plus fertile et productif. | Masculin pluriel de l'adjectif cultivé. |
Same sound, different letters: cultivé vs cultivés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cultivé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cultivés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cultivé vs cultivés
This is the hard kind. cultivé and cultivés 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 “cultivés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31736, 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\. cultivés is at rank #18,978, 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 31736, this pair ranks #301,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cultivé vs cultivés
Shared letters: ciltuvé. Private to "cultivé": -. Private to "cultivés": s.
"cultivé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cultivés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cultivé" and "cultivés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cultivé" vs "cultivés" - 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 "cultivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivé" and "cultivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captivé vs cultivé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #301,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.