Which to use
“faisans” is a noun and “faisions” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,523
- “faisans” frequency rank
- #24,589
- “faisions” frequency rank
- 73112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faisans | faisions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de faisan. | Première personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de faire. |
Where the eye mixes faisans and faisions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: faisans vs faisions
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: faisans is \fə.zɑ̃\ while faisions is \fə.zjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faisans is recorded at frequency rank #48,523, classified as anoun, pronounced \fə.zɑ̃\. faisions is at rank #24,589, tagged as averb, pronounced \fə.zjɔ̃\.
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 73112, this pair ranks #41,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faisans vs faisions
Shared letters: afins. Private to "faisans": -. Private to "faisions": o.
"faisans" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "faisions" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faisans" for "faisions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faisans" vs "faisions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "faisans" and "faisions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faisans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faisans" and "faisions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faisan 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 #41,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.