Which to use
“cutanée” and “cutanés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,223
- “cutanée” frequency rank
- #44,408
- “cutanés” frequency rank
- 66631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cutanée | cutanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de cutané. | Masculin pluriel de cutané. |
Same sound, different letters: cutanée vs cutanés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cutanée (CVCVCVV) and cutanés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - cutanée / cutanés
This is the hard kind. cutanée 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 a single letter - e in “cutanée” becomes s in “cutanés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cutanée is recorded at frequency rank #22,223, 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 66631, this pair ranks #66,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cutanée vs cutanés
Shared letters: acntué. Private to "cutanée": e. Private to "cutanés": s.
"cutanée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "cutanés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cutanée" and "cutanés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cutanée" or "cutanés"?
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 "cutanée" 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 #66,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cutanée" and "cutanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Catane vs cutanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.