Which to use
“faste” is an adjective and “fuse” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,550
- “faste” frequency rank
- #46,778
- “fuse” frequency rank
- 70328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faste | fuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Propice, favorable, heureux, où tout réussit. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe fuser. |
Where the eye mixes faste and fuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. faste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fuse's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between faste and fuse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: faste is \fast\ while fuse is \fyz\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faste is recorded at frequency rank #23,550, classified as anadj, pronounced \fast\. fuse is at rank #46,778, tagged as averb, pronounced \fyz\.
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 70328, this pair ranks #51,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faste vs fuse
Shared letters: efs. Private to "faste": at. Private to "fuse": u.
"faste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fuse" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "faste" and "fuse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "faste" vs "fuse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "faste" and "fuse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faste" and "fuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs fuse". 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 #51,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.