Which to use
“facilité” and “fragilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,038
- “facilité” frequency rank
- #11,058
- “fragilité” frequency rank
- 16096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilité | fragilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est fait ou employé sans peine. | Disposition à être cassé, être brisé facilement. |
Where the eye mixes facilité and fragilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. facilité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against fragilité's 9 (CCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: facilité vs fragilité
A purely visual mix-up. facilité (\fa.si.li.te\) and fragilité (\fʁa.ʒi.li.te\) 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 16096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilité is recorded at frequency rank #5,038, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.si.li.te\. fragilité is at rank #11,058, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁa.ʒi.li.te\.
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 16096, this pair ranks #389,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of facilité vs fragilité
Shared letters: afilté. Private to "facilité": c. Private to "fragilité": gr.
"facilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "fragilité" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "facilité" and "fragilité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "facilité" or "fragilité" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fragilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilité" and "fragilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fragiliser vs fragilité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #389,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.