Which to use
“faisais” and “faisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,610
- “faisais” frequency rank
- #671
- “faisait” frequency rank
- 4281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faisais | faisait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire. |
Same sound, different letters: faisais vs faisait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. faisais and faisait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - faisais and faisait
This is the hard kind. faisais and faisait 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 a single letter - s in “faisais” becomes t in “faisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faisais is recorded at frequency rank #3,610, classified as averb, pronounced \fə.zɛ\. faisait is at rank #671, 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 4281, this pair ranks #432,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faisais vs faisait
Shared letters: afis. Private to "faisais": -. Private to "faisait": t.
"faisais" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "faisait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "faisais" and "faisait" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "faisais" or "faisait"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "faisais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faisais" and "faisait" 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 #432,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.