structuralevsstructuréeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“structurale” and “structurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,162
“structurale” frequency rank
#24,401
“structurée” frequency rank
67563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature structurale structurée
Definition Féminin singulier de structural. Féminin singulier de structuré.

Where the eye mixes structurale and structurée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
structurale
10 ch
structurée

Look-alike desk: structurale vs structurée

A purely visual mix-up. structurale (\stʁyk.ty.ʁal\) and structurée (\stʁyk.ty.ʁe\) 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 67563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

structurale is recorded at frequency rank #43,162, classified as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁal\. structurée is at rank #24,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\.

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 67563, this pair ranks #62,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of structurale vs structurée

Shared letters: cerstu. Private to "structurale": al. Private to "structurée": é.

"structurale" · 11 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVCV  ·  "structurée" · 10 letters · shape CCCVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • structuralesrtucturale · sstructurale · strcuturale · strructurale · struccturale · structruale · structturale · structuarle

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "structurale" for "structurée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\stʁyk.ty.ʁal\ versus \stʁyk.ty.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "structurale" vs "structurée" - which ranks higher?
"structurée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,401 in our French list, against #43,162 for "structurale". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "structurale" and "structurée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "structurale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "structurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "structurale" and "structurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "structurale vs structurant". 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 #62,874 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