Which to use
“sacrées” and “saturées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,811
- “sacrées” frequency rank
- #37,061
- “saturées” frequency rank
- 54872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacrées | saturées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de sacré. | Féminin pluriel de saturé. |
Where the eye mixes sacrées and saturées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sacrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against saturées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sacrées vs saturées
A purely visual mix-up. sacrées (\sa.kʁe\) and saturées (\sa.ty.ʁe\) 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 54872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacrées is recorded at frequency rank #17,811, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. saturées is at rank #37,061, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sa.ty.ʁe\.
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 54872, this pair ranks #131,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sacrées vs saturées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "sacrées": c. Private to "saturées": tu.
"sacrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "saturées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacrées" for "saturées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sacrées" or "saturées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saturées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacrées" and "saturées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saturées vs sutures". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,115 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.