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Which to use

“faisabilité” and “fiabilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,540
“faisabilité” frequency rank
#11,583
“fiabilité” frequency rank
31123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature faisabilité fiabilité
Definition Possibilité de faire quelque chose en particulier de réaliser un projet technique. Caractère de ce qui est fiable.

Where the eye mixes faisabilité and fiabilité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. faisabilité runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVCVCV) against fiabilité's 9 (CVVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
faisabilité
9 ch
fiabilité

Visual trap between faisabilité and fiabilité

A purely visual mix-up. faisabilité (\fə.za.bi.li.te\) and fiabilité (\fja.bi.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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

faisabilité is recorded at frequency rank #19,540, classified as anoun, pronounced \fə.za.bi.li.te\. fiabilité is at rank #11,583, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fja.bi.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 31123, this pair ranks #305,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of faisabilité vs fiabilité

Shared letters: abfilté. Private to "faisabilité": s. Private to "fiabilité": -.

"faisabilité" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCV  ·  "fiabilité" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "faisabilité" and "fiabilité" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fə.za.bi.li.te\ versus \fja.bi.li.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "faisabilité" or "fiabilité" show up more?
"fiabilité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,583 in our French list, against #19,540 for "faisabilité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "faisabilité" and "fiabilité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "faisabilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fiabilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "faisabilité" and "fiabilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fiabilité vs fragilité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #305,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list