Which to use
“saturé” is an adjective and “sciure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,873
- “saturé” frequency rank
- #46,442
- “sciure” frequency rank
- 65315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saturé | sciure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a atteint la saturation, qui ne peut plus rien accepter de plus. | Parcelles qui tombent du bois ou de toute autre matière dure que l’on scie. |
Where the eye mixes saturé and sciure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: saturé vs sciure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saturé is \sa.ty.ʁe\ while sciure is \sjyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saturé is recorded at frequency rank #18,873, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.ty.ʁe\. sciure is at rank #46,442, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sjyʁ\.
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 65315, this pair ranks #72,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saturé vs sciure
Shared letters: rsu. Private to "saturé": até. Private to "sciure": cei.
"saturé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sciure" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sciure ← csiure · scciure · scirue · sciuer · sciurre · scuire · sicure · ssciure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saturé" for "sciure" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "saturé" or "sciure" show up more?
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 "saturé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sciure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saturé" and "sciure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scindé vs sciure". 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 #72,912 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.