Which to use
“saleté” and “satiété” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,678
- “saleté” frequency rank
- #39,033
- “satiété” frequency rank
- 58711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saleté | satiété |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de ce qui est sale, malpropre. | État d’une personne dont la faim est complètement satisfaite, qui est entièrement rassasiée. |
Where the eye mixes saleté and satiété
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. saleté runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against satiété's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: saleté vs satiété
A purely visual mix-up. saleté (\sal.te\) and satiété (\sa.sje.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saleté is recorded at frequency rank #19,678, classified as anoun, pronounced \sal.te\. satiété is at rank #39,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sa.sje.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 58711, this pair ranks #107,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saleté vs satiété
Shared letters: asté. Private to "saleté": el. Private to "satiété": i.
"saleté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "satiété" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "saleté" and "satiété" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "saleté" vs "satiété" - 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 "saleté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "satiété" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saleté" and "satiété" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saboté vs saleté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.