sculptéevssculptésWhat's the difference?

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

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sculptée and sculptés apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
sculptée
8 ch
sculptés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

sculptée#33,462
sculptés#29,144

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sculptée" and "sculptés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sculptée" is a verb and "sculptés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sculptée" or "sculptés"?
"sculptés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,144 in our French list, against #33,462 for "sculptée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering sculptée vs sculptés

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 “sculptés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sculptée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list