Which to use
“cumule” and “cumulées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,282
- “cumule” frequency rank
- #43,373
- “cumulées” frequency rank
- 64655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumule | cumulées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de cumuler. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe cumuler. |
Where the eye mixes cumule and cumulées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumule runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cumulées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cumule and cumulées
A purely visual mix-up. cumule (\ky.myl\) and cumulées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64655, 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\. cumulées is at rank #43,373, 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 64655, this pair ranks #75,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cumule vs cumulées
Shared letters: celmu. Private to "cumule": -. Private to "cumulées": sé.
"cumule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cumulées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumule ← ccumule · cmuule · cumlue · cummule · cumuel · cumulle · cuumle · ucmule
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cumule" and "cumulées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cumule" vs "cumulées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cumule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumulées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumule" and "cumulées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumulées vs cumulus". 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 #75,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.