Which to use
“inculpés” and “inculte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,076
- “inculpés” frequency rank
- #26,052
- “inculte” frequency rank
- 57128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inculpés | inculte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de inculpé. | Qui n’est pas cultivé. |
Where the eye mixes inculpés and inculte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. inculpés runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against inculte's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses inculpés with inculte
A purely visual mix-up. inculpés (\ɛ̃.kyl.pe\) and inculte (\ɛ̃.kylt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inculpés is recorded at frequency rank #31,076, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kyl.pe\. inculte is at rank #26,052, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.kylt\.
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 57128, this pair ranks #116,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inculpés vs inculte
Shared letters: cilnu. Private to "inculpés": psé. Private to "inculte": et.
"inculpés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "inculte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- inculte ← icnulte · incculte · inclute · inculet · incullte · incultte · incutle · innculte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inculpés" for "inculte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inculpés" vs "inculte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "inculpés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inculte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inculpés" and "inculte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inculte vs inculture". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #116,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.