Which to use
“cultivent” is a verb and “cultivés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,969
- “cultivent” frequency rank
- #18,978
- “cultivés” frequency rank
- 49947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivent | cultivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de cultiver. | Masculin pluriel de l'adjectif cultivé. |
Where the eye mixes cultivent and cultivés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cultivent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against cultivés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cultivent with cultivés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cultivent is \kyl.tiv\ while cultivés is \kyl.ti.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultivent is recorded at frequency rank #30,969, classified as averb, pronounced \kyl.tiv\. 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 49947, this pair ranks #166,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cultivent vs cultivés
Shared letters: ciltuv. Private to "cultivent": en. Private to "cultivés": sé.
"cultivent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "cultivés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultivent ← ccultivent · clutivent · culitvent · culltivent · cultievnt · cultivennt · cultiventt · cultivetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cultivent" and "cultivés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cultivent" or "cultivés"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivent" 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 #166,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivent" and "cultivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cultivant 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 #166,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.