Which to use
“cultivée” is an adjective and “cultiver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,106
- “cultivée” frequency rank
- #10,854
- “cultiver” frequency rank
- 27960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivée | cultiver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de l’adjectif cultivé. | Travailler une terre pour la rendre plus fertile et pour améliorer ses productions. |
Same sound, different letters: cultivée vs cultiver
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cultivée (CVCCVCVV) and cultiver (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - cultivée and cultiver
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cultivée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultivée is recorded at frequency rank #17,106, 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 27960, this pair ranks #325,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cultivée vs cultiver
Shared letters: ceiltuv. Private to "cultivée": é. Private to "cultiver": r.
"cultivée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "cultiver" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultiver ← ccultiver · clutiver · culitver · culltiver · cultievr · cultiverr · cultivre · cultivver
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cultivée" and "cultiver" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cultivée" or "cultiver" show up more?
What to do next
"cultivée" and "cultiver" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivée" 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 #325,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivée" and "cultiver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cultivée vs cultivent". 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 #325,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.