Which to use
“sculpteurs” and “sculpture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,365
- “sculpteurs” frequency rank
- #7,760
- “sculpture” frequency rank
- 31125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sculpteurs | sculpture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sculpteur. | Art de sculpter. |
Where the eye mixes sculpteurs and sculpture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. sculpteurs runs 10 letters (CCVCCCVVCC) against sculpture's 9 (CCVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sculpteurs vs sculpture
A purely visual mix-up. sculpteurs (\skyl.tœʁ\) and sculpture (\skyl.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sculpteurs is recorded at frequency rank #23,365, classified as anoun, pronounced \skyl.tœʁ\. sculpture is at rank #7,760, tagged as anoun, pronounced \skyl.tyʁ\.
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 31125, this pair ranks #305,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sculpteurs vs sculpture
Shared letters: celprstu. Private to "sculpteurs": -. Private to "sculpture": -.
"sculpteurs" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVVCC · "sculpture" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sculpteurs ← csulpteurs · scculpteurs · sclupteurs · scullpteurs · sculpeturs · sculppteurs · sculpterus · sculpteurrs
- sculpture ← csulpture · scculpture · sclupture · scullpture · sculppture · sculptrue · sculptture · sculptuer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sculpteurs" and "sculpture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sculpteurs" or "sculpture"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpteurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sculpture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sculpteurs" and "sculpture" 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 #305,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.