nuditévsnuitéeTell them apart

Which to use

“nudité” and “nuitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,687
“nudité” frequency rank
#47,481
“nuitée” frequency rank
64168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nudité nuitée
Definition État d’une personne qui est nue. Durée d’une nuit, notamment pour le sommeil.

Where the eye mixes nudité and nuitée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. nudité (CVCVCV) and nuitée (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
nudité
6 ch
nuitée

Visual trap between nudité and nuitée

A purely visual mix-up. nudité (\ny.di.te\) and nuitée (\nɥi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nudité is recorded at frequency rank #16,687, classified as anoun, pronounced \ny.di.te\. nuitée is at rank #47,481, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɥi.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 64168, this pair ranks #78,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nudité vs nuitée

Shared letters: intué. Private to "nudité": d. Private to "nuitée": e.

"nudité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "nuitée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nudité" and "nuitée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ny.di.te\ versus \nɥi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "nudité" vs "nuitée" - which ranks higher?
"nudité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,687 in our French list, against #47,481 for "nuitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nudité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nuitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nudité" and "nuitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nuitée vs nuitées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #78,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list