sculpteursvssculptureWhat's the difference?

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.

10 ch
sculpteurs
9 ch
sculpture

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?
No. They are said differently (\skyl.tœʁ\ versus \skyl.tyʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sculpteurs" or "sculpture"?
"sculpture" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,760 in our French list, against #23,365 for "sculpteurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list