Which to use
“familles” and “fusillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,289
- “familles” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 32332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | familles | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de famille. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Where the eye mixes familles and fusillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. familles and fusillés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses familles with fusillés
A purely visual mix-up. familles (\fa.mij\) and fusillés (\fy.zi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
familles is recorded at frequency rank #1,289, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.mij\. fusillés is at rank #31,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi.je\.
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 32332, this pair ranks #297,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of familles vs fusillés
Shared letters: fils. Private to "familles": aem. Private to "fusillés": ué.
"familles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- familles ← afmilles · faimlles · familels · familes · familless · famillse · famliles · fammilles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "familles" for "fusillés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "familles" vs "fusillés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "familles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "familles" and "fusillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusiliers vs fusillés". 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 #297,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.