Which to use
“cutanées” and “cutanés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,394
- “cutanées” frequency rank
- #44,408
- “cutanés” frequency rank
- 71802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cutanées | cutanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de cutané. | Masculin pluriel de cutané. |
Same sound, different letters: cutanées vs cutanés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cutanées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against cutanés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cutanées vs cutanés
This is the hard kind. cutanées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cutanées is recorded at frequency rank #27,394, 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 71802, this pair ranks #46,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cutanées vs cutanés
Shared letters: acnstué. Private to "cutanées": e. Private to "cutanés": -.
"cutanées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "cutanés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cutanées" and "cutanés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cutanées" vs "cutanés" - which ranks higher?
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 "cutanées" 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 #46,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cutanées" and "cutanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Catane vs cutanés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.