Which to use
“nude” and “nudité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,514
- “nude” frequency rank
- #16,687
- “nudité” frequency rank
- 53201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nude | nudité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Photo ou vidéo exposant un ou plusieurs corps nus ou partiellement dénudés et sexualisés. | État d’une personne qui est nue. |
Where the eye mixes nude and nudité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. nude runs 4 letters (CVCV) against nudité's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between nude and nudité
A purely visual mix-up. nude (\njud\) and nudité (\ny.di.te\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nude is recorded at frequency rank #36,514, classified as anoun, pronounced \njud\. nudité is at rank #16,687, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ny.di.te\.
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 53201, this pair ranks #142,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nude vs nudité
Shared letters: dnu. Private to "nude": e. Private to "nudité": ité.
"nude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nudité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nude ← ndue · nnude · nudde · nued · unde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nude" and "nudité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "nude" or "nudité" show up more?
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 "nude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nudité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nude" and "nudité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nome vs nude". 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 #142,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.