Which to use
“cumulées” and “cumulent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,373
- “cumulées” frequency rank
- #37,265
- “cumulent” frequency rank
- 80638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumulées | cumulent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe cumuler. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cumuler. |
Where the eye mixes cumulées and cumulent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cumulées (CVCVCVVC) and cumulent (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cumulées and cumulent
A purely visual mix-up. cumulées (\ky.my.le\) and cumulent (\ky.myl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cumulées is recorded at frequency rank #43,373, classified as averb, pronounced \ky.my.le\. cumulent is at rank #37,265, tagged as averb, pronounced \ky.myl\.
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 80638, this pair ranks #20,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cumulées vs cumulent
Shared letters: celmu. Private to "cumulées": sé. Private to "cumulent": nt.
"cumulées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "cumulent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumulent ← ccumulent · cmuulent · cumluent · cummulent · cumuelnt · cumulennt · cumulentt · cumuletn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cumulées" for "cumulent" ever safe?
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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 "cumulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumulent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumulées" and "cumulent" 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 #20,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.