Which to use
“filled” is an adjective and “fillet” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,041
- “filled” frequency rank
- #30,047
- “fillet” frequency rank
- 32088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filled | fillet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That is now full. | A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. |
Where the eye mixes filled and fillet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between filled and fillet
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filled is /fɪld/ while fillet is /ˈfɪl.ɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “filled” becomes t in “fillet”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filled is recorded at frequency rank #2,041, classified as anadj, pronounced /fɪld/. fillet is at rank #30,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɪl.ɪt/.
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 32088, this pair ranks #340,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filled vs fillet
Shared letters: efil. Private to "filled": d. Private to "fillet": t.
"filled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fillet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filled" and "fillet" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "filled" vs "fillet" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "filled" and "fillet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fillet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,720 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filled" and "fillet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fidget vs fillet". 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 #340,720 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.