Which to use
“cumuler” and “cumulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,826
- “cumuler” frequency rank
- #31,910
- “cumulés” frequency rank
- 54736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cumuler | cumulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réunir en sa personne plusieurs choses différentes. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de cumuler. |
Same sound, different letters: cumuler vs cumulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cumuler and cumulés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: cumuler vs cumulés
This is the hard kind. cumuler and cumulés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cumuler is recorded at frequency rank #22,826, classified as averb, pronounced \ky.my.le\. cumulés is at rank #31,910, 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 54736, this pair ranks #132,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cumuler vs cumulés
Shared letters: clmu. Private to "cumuler": er. Private to "cumulés": sé.
"cumuler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cumulés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cumuler ← ccumuler · cmuuler · cumluer · cummuler · cumuelr · cumulerr · cumuller · cumulre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cumuler" and "cumulés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cumuler" or "cumulés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cumuler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cumulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cumuler" and "cumulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cumulées vs cumulés". 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 #132,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.