sculptéevssculptéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sculptée is a verb, sculptées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sculptée” is a verb and “sculptées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,462
“sculptée” frequency rank
#34,307
“sculptées” frequency rank
67769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sculptée sculptées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de sculpter. Féminin pluriel de sculpté.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sculptée and sculptées apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
sculptée
9 ch
sculptées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sculptée and sculptées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \skyl.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sculptée” sits inside “sculptées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sculptée is recorded at frequency rank #33,462, classified as averb, pronounced \skyl.te\. 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 67769, this pair ranks #62,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sculptée vs sculptées

Shared letters: celpstué. Private to "sculptée": -. Private to "sculptées": -.

"sculptée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV  ·  "sculptées" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC

Frequency comparison

sculptée#33,462
sculptées#34,307

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sculptée" and "sculptées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sculptée" is a verb and "sculptées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sculptée" or "sculptées"?
"sculptée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,462 in our French list, against #34,307 for "sculptées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering sculptée vs sculptées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “sculptée”; for an adjective, it's “sculptées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sculptée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list