Which to use
“saturées” is an adjective and “saturer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,061
- “saturées” frequency rank
- #37,060
- “saturer” frequency rank
- 74121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saturées | saturer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de saturé. | Dissoudre dans un liquide la quantité maximale qu’il puisse absorber d’une substance. |
Same sound, different letters: saturées vs saturer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. saturées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against saturer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - saturées and saturer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: saturées and saturer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sa.ty.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saturées is recorded at frequency rank #37,061, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.ty.ʁe\. saturer is at rank #37,060, tagged as averb, 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 74121, this pair ranks #38,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saturées vs saturer
Shared letters: aerstu. Private to "saturées": é. Private to "saturer": -.
"saturées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "saturer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- saturer ← asturer · satruer · satturer · satuerr · saturerr · saturre · saturrer · sautrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saturées" for "saturer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "saturées" or "saturer" show up more?
What to do next
"saturées" and "saturer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "saturées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saturer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saturées" and "saturer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saturer vs satyre". 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 #38,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.