Which to use
“saturées” is an adjective and “Saturne” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,061
- “saturées” frequency rank
- #17,266
- “Saturne” frequency rank
- 54327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saturées | Saturne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de saturé. | Dieu de la mythologie romaine, père de Jupiter, correspondant à Cronos chez les Grecs. |
Where the eye mixes saturées and Saturne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. saturées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against Saturne's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: saturées vs Saturne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saturées is \sa.ty.ʁe\ while Saturne is \sa.tyʁn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54327, 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\. Saturne is at rank #17,266, tagged as aname, pronounced \sa.tyʁn\.
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 54327, this pair ranks #134,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of saturées vs Saturne
Shared letters: aerstu. Private to "saturées": é. Private to "Saturne": n.
"saturées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "Saturne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Saturne ← asturne · satrune · satturne · satunre · saturen · saturnne · saturrne · sautrne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saturées" for "Saturne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "saturées" or "Saturne"?
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 "saturées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Saturne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saturées" and "Saturne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saturées vs sutures". 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 #134,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.