Which to use
“féerie” is a noun and “fériés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,455
- “féerie” frequency rank
- #13,797
- “fériés” frequency rank
- 57252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | féerie | fériés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art des fées. | Masculin pluriel de férié. |
Where the eye mixes féerie and fériés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. féerie (CVVCVV) and fériés (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: féerie vs fériés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: féerie is \fe.ʁi\ while fériés is \fe.ʁje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
féerie is recorded at frequency rank #43,455, classified as anoun, pronounced \fe.ʁi\. fériés is at rank #13,797, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fe.ʁje\.
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 57252, this pair ranks #116,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of féerie vs fériés
Shared letters: firé. Private to "féerie": e. Private to "fériés": s.
"féerie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "fériés" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "féerie" and "fériés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "féerie" or "fériés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "féerie" and "fériés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "féerie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fériés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "féerie" and "fériés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "féerie vs ferrier". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #116,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.