Which to use
“cumule” and “cumulée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,282
- “cumule” frequency rank
- #35,454
- “cumulée” frequency rank
- 56736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumule | cumulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cumuler. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe cumuler. |
Where the eye mixes cumule and cumulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cumule vs cumulée
A purely visual mix-up. cumule (\ky.myl\) and cumulée (\ky.my.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cumule is recorded at frequency rank #21,282, classified as averb, pronounced \ky.myl\. cumulée is at rank #35,454, tagged as averb, pronounced \ky.my.le\.
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 56736, this pair ranks #119,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cumule vs cumulée
Shared letters: celmu. Private to "cumule": -. Private to "cumulée": é.
"cumule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cumulée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumule ← ccumule · cmuule · cumlue · cummule · cumuel · cumulle · cuumle · ucmule
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cumule" and "cumulée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cumule" or "cumulée" show up more?
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 "cumule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumule" and "cumulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumulée vs cumulées". 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 #119,225 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.