Which to use
“fâchée” and “facile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,452
- “fâchée” frequency rank
- #654
- “facile” frequency rank
- 28106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fâchée | facile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fâché. | Qui se fait sans peine. |
Where the eye mixes fâchée and facile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fâchée (CVCCVV) and facile (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fâchée vs facile
A purely visual mix-up. fâchée (\fɑ.ʃe\) and facile (\fa.sil\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fâchée is recorded at frequency rank #27,452, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɑ.ʃe\. facile is at rank #654, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fa.sil\.
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 28106, this pair ranks #324,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fâchée vs facile
Shared letters: cef. Private to "fâchée": hâé. Private to "facile": ail.
"fâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "facile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- facile ← afcile · faccile · faciel · facille · faclie · faicle · fcaile · ffacile
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fâchée" for "facile" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fâchée" or "facile"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fâchée" and "facile" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fâchée" and "facile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fâchée vs fauche". 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 #324,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.