Which to use
“faisaient” and “faisais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,137
- “faisaient” frequency rank
- #3,610
- “faisais” frequency rank
- 6747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faisaient | faisais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire. |
Same sound, different letters: faisaient vs faisais
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. faisaient runs 9 letters (CVVCVVVCC) against faisais's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - faisaient and faisais
This is the hard kind. faisaient and faisais are pronounced identically (\fə.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faisaient is recorded at frequency rank #3,137, classified as averb, pronounced \fə.zɛ\. faisais is at rank #3,610, tagged as averb, pronounced \fə.zɛ\.
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 6747, this pair ranks #425,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faisaient vs faisais
Shared letters: afis. Private to "faisaient": ent. Private to "faisais": -.
"faisaient" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVVCC · "faisais" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faisaient" and "faisais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "faisaient" or "faisais" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "faisaient" / "faisais". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "faisaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faisaient" and "faisais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faisais vs faisans". 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 #425,357 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.