Which to use
“felice” and “félin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,040
- “felice” frequency rank
- #27,819
- “félin” frequency rank
- 72859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | felice | félin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Heureux. | Qui se rapporte au chat ou aux félidés. |
Where the eye mixes felice and félin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. felice runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against félin's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between felice and félin
A purely visual mix-up. felice (\fe.ˈli.t͡ʃe\) and félin (\fe.lɛ̃\) 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 72859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
felice is recorded at frequency rank #45,040, classified as anadj, pronounced \fe.ˈli.t͡ʃe\. félin is at rank #27,819, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fe.lɛ̃\.
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 72859, this pair ranks #42,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of felice vs félin
Shared letters: fil. Private to "felice": ce. Private to "félin": né.
"felice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "félin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- felice ← eflice · feilce · felcie · felicce · feliec · fellice · ffelice · fleice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "felice" for "félin" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "felice" or "félin" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "felice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "félin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "felice" and "félin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felice vs fétide". 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 #42,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.