Which to use
“cutané” and “cutanées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,202
- “cutané” frequency rank
- #27,394
- “cutanées” frequency rank
- 60596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cutané | cutanées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la peau. | Féminin pluriel de cutané. |
Same sound, different letters: cutané vs cutanées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cutané and cutanées
This is the hard kind. cutané and cutanées are pronounced identically (\ky.ta.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cutané” sits inside “cutanées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cutané is recorded at frequency rank #33,202, classified as anadj, pronounced \ky.ta.ne\. cutanées is at rank #27,394, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ky.ta.ne\.
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 60596, this pair ranks #96,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cutané vs cutanées
Shared letters: acntué. Private to "cutané": -. Private to "cutanées": es.
"cutané" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cutanées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cutané" and "cutanées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cutané" or "cutanées" show up more?
After this comparison
"cutané" and "cutanées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cutané" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cutanées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cutané" and "cutanées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "curage vs cutané". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,815 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.