Which to use
“faillite” and “fatalité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,558
- “faillite” frequency rank
- #17,710
- “fatalité” frequency rank
- 23268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faillite | fatalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Banqueroute forcée d’un négociant, obligation pour lui de suspendre ses paiements. | Destinée inévitable. |
Where the eye mixes faillite and fatalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. faillite (CVVCCVCV) and fatalité (CVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between faillite and fatalité
A purely visual mix-up. faillite (\fa.jit\) and fatalité (\fa.ta.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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faillite is recorded at frequency rank #5,558, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.jit\. fatalité is at rank #17,710, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fa.ta.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 23268, this pair ranks #353,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faillite vs fatalité
Shared letters: afilt. Private to "faillite": e. Private to "fatalité": é.
"faillite" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "fatalité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- faillite ← afillite · faililte · failite · failliet · faillitte · failltie · falilite · ffaillite
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faillite" and "fatalité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "faillite" or "fatalité"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "faillite" and "fatalité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faillite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fatalité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faillite" and "fatalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fatalité vs futilité". 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 #353,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.