Which to use
“sculpte” and “sculptée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,198
- “sculpte” frequency rank
- #33,462
- “sculptée” frequency rank
- 81660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculpte | sculptée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sculpter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de sculpter. |
Where the eye mixes sculpte and sculptée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sculpte runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against sculptée's 8 (CCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses sculpte with sculptée
A purely visual mix-up. sculpte (\skylt\) and sculptée (\skyl.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sculpte is recorded at frequency rank #48,198, classified as averb, pronounced \skylt\. sculptée is at rank #33,462, tagged as averb, pronounced \skyl.te\.
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 81660, this pair ranks #18,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sculpte vs sculptée
Shared letters: celpstu. Private to "sculpte": -. Private to "sculptée": é.
"sculpte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "sculptée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sculpte ← csulpte · scculpte · sclupte · scullpte · sculpet · sculppte · sculptte · scultpe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sculpte" and "sculptée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sculpte" or "sculptée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sculpte" and "sculptée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculptée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculpte" and "sculptée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sculpte vs sculpter". 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 #18,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.