Which to use
“cuvée” and “cuvées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,903
- “cuvée” frequency rank
- #47,823
- “cuvées” frequency rank
- 69726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuvée | cuvées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de vin qui se fait à la fois dans une cuve. | Pluriel de cuvée. |
Same sound, different letters: cuvée vs cuvées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cuvée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cuvées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cuvée vs cuvées
This is the hard kind. cuvée and cuvées are pronounced identically (\ky.ve\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “cuvée” sits inside “cuvées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuvée is recorded at frequency rank #21,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \ky.ve\. cuvées is at rank #47,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ky.ve\.
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 69726, this pair ranks #54,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cuvée vs cuvées
Shared letters: ceuvé. Private to "cuvée": -. Private to "cuvées": s.
"cuvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cuvées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cuvée" and "cuvées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cuvée" or "cuvées" show up more?
Useful next steps
"cuvée" and "cuvées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuvée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuvées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuvée" and "cuvées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "covers vs cuvées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.