Which to use
“cutané” and “cutanés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,202
- “cutané” frequency rank
- #44,408
- “cutanés” frequency rank
- 77610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cutané | cutanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la peau. | Masculin pluriel de cutané. |
Same sound, different letters: cutané vs cutanés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cutané / cutanés
This is the hard kind. cutané and cutanés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “cutané” sits inside “cutanés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77610, 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\. cutanés is at rank #44,408, 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 77610, this pair ranks #27,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cutané vs cutanés
Shared letters: acntué. Private to "cutané": -. Private to "cutanés": s.
"cutané" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cutanés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cutané" and "cutanés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cutané" or "cutanés"?
After this comparison
"cutané" and "cutanés" 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 "cutanés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cutané" and "cutanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "curage vs cutané". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #27,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.