Which to use
“sculptée” is a verb and “sculptés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,462
- “sculptée” frequency rank
- #29,144
- “sculptés” frequency rank
- 62606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculptée | sculptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de sculpter. | Masculin pluriel de sculpté. |
Same sound, different letters: sculptée vs sculptés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sculptée (CCVCCCVV) and sculptés (CCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - sculptée / sculptés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sculptée and sculptés 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 a single letter - e in “sculptée” becomes s in “sculptés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62606, 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\. sculptés is at rank #29,144, 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 62606, this pair ranks #86,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sculptée vs sculptés
Shared letters: clpstué. Private to "sculptée": e. Private to "sculptés": -.
"sculptée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "sculptés" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sculptée" and "sculptés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sculptée" or "sculptés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sculptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,240 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculptée" and "sculptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sculpte vs sculptée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,240 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.