Which to use
“Fee” and “fesse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,653
- “Fee” frequency rank
- #21,625
- “fesse” frequency rank
- 71278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fee | fesse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fée. | Chacune des deux masses charnues situées à la partie postérieure du bassin, chez l’être humain et certains mammifères. |
Where the eye mixes Fee and fesse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Fee and fesse
A purely visual mix-up. Fee (\feː\) and fesse (\fɛs\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fee is recorded at frequency rank #49,653, classified as anoun, pronounced \feː\. fesse is at rank #21,625, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛs\.
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 71278, this pair ranks #48,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Fee vs fesse
Shared letters: ef. Private to "Fee": -. Private to "fesse": s.
"Fee" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "fesse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fesse ← efsse · fese · ffesse · fsese
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fee" and "fesse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Fee" or "fesse" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Fee" and "fesse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fesse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fee" and "fesse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs FPR". 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 #48,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.