Which to use
“cultivés” is an adjective and “cultures” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,978
- “cultivés” frequency rank
- #3,246
- “cultures” frequency rank
- 22224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cultivés | cultures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de l'adjectif cultivé. | Pluriel de culture. |
Where the eye mixes cultivés and cultures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cultivés and cultures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cultivés with cultures
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cultivés is \kyl.ti.ve\ while cultures is \kyl.tyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cultivés is recorded at frequency rank #18,978, classified as anadj, pronounced \kyl.ti.ve\. cultures is at rank #3,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyl.tyʁ\.
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 22224, this pair ranks #359,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cultivés vs cultures
Shared letters: clstu. Private to "cultivés": ivé. Private to "cultures": er.
"cultivés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "cultures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cultures ← ccultures · clutures · culltures · cultrues · culttures · cultuers · culturess · culturres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cultivés" for "cultures" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cultivés" or "cultures"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cultivés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cultures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cultivés" and "cultures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cultivent vs cultivés". 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 #359,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.