Which to use
“facilités” and “faillites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,199
- “facilités” frequency rank
- #27,433
- “faillites” frequency rank
- 45632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilités | faillites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de facilité. | Pluriel de faillite. |
Where the eye mixes facilités and faillites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. facilités (CVCVCVCVC) and faillites (CVVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses facilités with faillites
A purely visual mix-up. facilités (\fa.si.li.te\) and faillites (\fa.jit\) 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 45632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilités is recorded at frequency rank #18,199, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.si.li.te\. faillites is at rank #27,433, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fa.jit\.
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 45632, this pair ranks #201,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilités vs faillites
Shared letters: afilst. Private to "facilités": cé. Private to "faillites": e.
"facilités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "faillites" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- faillites ← afillites · faililtes · failites · failliets · faillitess · faillitse · faillittes · faillties
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "facilités" and "faillites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "facilités" or "faillites" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faillites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilités" and "faillites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitera vs facilités". 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 #201,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.