saturésvssutureWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: saturés is a adjective, suture is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“saturés” is an adjective and “suture” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,140
“saturés” frequency rank
#21,179
“suture” frequency rank
50319
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saturés suture
Definition Masculin pluriel de saturé. Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme cousues ensemble.

Where the eye mixes saturés and suture

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. saturés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against suture's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
saturés
6 ch
suture

Why the eye confuses saturés with suture

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saturés is \sa.ty.ʁe\ while suture is \sy.tyʁ\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saturés is recorded at frequency rank #29,140, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.ty.ʁe\. suture is at rank #21,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.tyʁ\.

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 50319, this pair ranks #163,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of saturés vs suture

Shared letters: rstu. Private to "saturés": aé. Private to "suture": e.

"saturés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "suture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suture ← ssuture · stuure · sutrue · sutture · sutuer · suturre · suutre · usture

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "saturés" for "suture" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saturés" is an adjective and "suture" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "saturés" or "suture"?
"suture" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,179 in our French list, against #29,140 for "saturés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saturés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saturés" and "suture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saturés 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 #163,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list