Which to use
“sculpteur” and “sculpteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,060
- “sculpteur” frequency rank
- #23,365
- “sculpteurs” frequency rank
- 36425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculpteur | sculpteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artiste qui sculpte la matière. | Pluriel de sculpteur. |
Same sound, different letters: sculpteur vs sculpteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. sculpteur runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVVC) against sculpteurs's 10 (CCVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sculpteur / sculpteurs
This is the hard kind. sculpteur and sculpteurs are pronounced identically (\skyl.tœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sculpteur” sits inside “sculpteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sculpteur is recorded at frequency rank #13,060, classified as anoun, pronounced \skyl.tœʁ\. sculpteurs is at rank #23,365, 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 36425, this pair ranks #269,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sculpteur vs sculpteurs
Shared letters: celprstu. Private to "sculpteur": -. Private to "sculpteurs": -.
"sculpteur" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVVC · "sculpteurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sculpteur ← csulpteur · scculpteur · sclupteur · scullpteur · sculpetur · sculppteur · sculpteru · sculpteurr
- sculpteurs ← csulpteurs · scculpteurs · sclupteurs · scullpteurs · sculpeturs · sculppteurs · sculpterus · sculpteurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sculpteur" and "sculpteurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sculpteur" vs "sculpteurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"sculpteur" and "sculpteurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculpteur" and "sculpteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sculpter vs sculpteurs". 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 #269,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.