Which to use
“famille” and “faucille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #244
- “famille” frequency rank
- #38,800
- “faucille” frequency rank
- 39044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | famille | faucille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble formé par les parents et leurs enfants. | Outil qui consiste en une lame d’acier courbée en demi-cercle, dentelée et fixée à une poignée de bois et qui sert à couper l'herbe, les céréales. |
Where the eye mixes famille and faucille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. famille runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against faucille's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between famille and faucille
A purely visual mix-up. famille (\fa.mij\) and faucille (\fɔ.sij\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
famille is recorded at frequency rank #244, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.mij\. faucille is at rank #38,800, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.sij\.
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 39044, this pair ranks #250,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of famille vs faucille
Shared letters: aefil. Private to "famille": m. Private to "faucille": cu.
"famille" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "faucille" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "famille" and "faucille" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "famille" or "faucille"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "famille" and "faucille" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "famille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faucille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "famille" and "faucille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faucille vs faufile". 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 #250,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.