Which to use
“failles” and “fusillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,382
- “failles” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 43425
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | failles | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de faille. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Where the eye mixes failles and fusillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. failles runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against fusillés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses failles with fusillés
A purely visual mix-up. failles (\faj\) and fusillés (\fy.zi.je\) 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 43425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
failles is recorded at frequency rank #12,382, classified as anoun, pronounced \faj\. fusillés is at rank #31,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi.je\.
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 43425, this pair ranks #218,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of failles vs fusillés
Shared letters: fils. Private to "failles": ae. Private to "fusillés": ué.
"failles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- failles ← afilles · failels · failes · failless · faillse · faliles · ffailles · fialles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "failles" for "fusillés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "failles" vs "fusillés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "failles" and "fusillés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "failles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "failles" and "fusillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusiliers vs fusillés". 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 #218,156 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.