Which to use
“saturer” is a verb and “saturés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,060
- “saturer” frequency rank
- #29,140
- “saturés” frequency rank
- 66200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saturer | saturés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dissoudre dans un liquide la quantité maximale qu’il puisse absorber d’une substance. | Masculin pluriel de saturé. |
Same sound, different letters: saturer vs saturés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. saturer and saturés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - saturer / saturés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: saturer and saturés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sa.ty.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saturer is recorded at frequency rank #37,060, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.ty.ʁe\. saturés is at rank #29,140, 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 66200, this pair ranks #68,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saturer vs saturés
Shared letters: arstu. Private to "saturer": e. Private to "saturés": é.
"saturer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "saturés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- saturer ← asturer · satruer · satturer · satuerr · saturerr · saturre · saturrer · sautrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saturer" for "saturés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "saturer" vs "saturés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "saturer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saturés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saturer" and "saturés" 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 #68,851 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.