Which to use
“sculptée” is a verb and “sculpteur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,462
- “sculptée” frequency rank
- #13,060
- “sculpteur” frequency rank
- 46522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculptée | sculpteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de sculpter. | Artiste qui sculpte la matière. |
Where the eye mixes sculptée and sculpteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sculptée runs 8 letters (CCVCCCVV) against sculpteur's 9 (CCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sculptée vs sculpteur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sculptée is \skyl.te\ while sculpteur is \skyl.tœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46522, 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\. sculpteur is at rank #13,060, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skyl.tœʁ\.
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 46522, this pair ranks #194,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sculptée vs sculpteur
Shared letters: celpstu. Private to "sculptée": é. Private to "sculpteur": r.
"sculptée" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVV · "sculpteur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sculpteur ← csulpteur · scculpteur · sclupteur · scullpteur · sculpetur · sculppteur · sculpteru · sculpteurr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sculptée" and "sculpteur" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sculptée" or "sculpteur"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sculptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpteur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculptée" and "sculpteur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sculpte vs sculptée". 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 #194,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.