Which to use
“cumulées” and “cumuler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,373
- “cumulées” frequency rank
- #22,826
- “cumuler” frequency rank
- 66199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumulées | cumuler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe cumuler. | Réunir en sa personne plusieurs choses différentes. |
Same sound, different letters: cumulées vs cumuler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cumulées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against cumuler's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cumulées vs cumuler
This is the hard kind. cumulées and cumuler are pronounced identically (\ky.my.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66199, 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\. cumuler is at rank #22,826, 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 66199, this pair ranks #68,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cumulées vs cumuler
Shared letters: celmu. Private to "cumulées": sé. Private to "cumuler": r.
"cumulées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "cumuler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumuler ← ccumuler · cmuuler · cumluer · cummuler · cumuelr · cumulerr · cumuller · cumulre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cumulées" for "cumuler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cumulées" vs "cumuler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cumulées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumuler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumulées" and "cumuler" 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 #68,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.