Which to use
“sculpte” is a verb and “sculptées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,198
- “sculpte” frequency rank
- #34,307
- “sculptées” frequency rank
- 82505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculpte | sculptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sculpter. | Féminin pluriel de sculpté. |
Where the eye mixes sculpte and sculptées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sculpte and sculptées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sculpte is \skylt\ while sculptées is \skyl.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82505, 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\. sculptées is at rank #34,307, tagged as anadj, 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 82505, this pair ranks #16,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sculpte vs sculptées
Shared letters: celpstu. Private to "sculpte": -. Private to "sculptées": é.
"sculpte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "sculptées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sculpte ← csulpte · scculpte · sclupte · scullpte · sculpet · sculppte · sculptte · scultpe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sculpte" for "sculptées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sculpte" vs "sculptées" - which ranks higher?
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 "sculpte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculptées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculpte" and "sculptées" 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 #16,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.