Which to use
“felice” and “félins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,040
- “felice” frequency rank
- #29,785
- “félins” frequency rank
- 74825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | felice | félins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Heureux. | Masculin pluriel de félin. |
Where the eye mixes felice and félins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. felice (CVCVCV) and félins (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses felice with félins
A purely visual mix-up. felice (\fe.ˈli.t͡ʃe\) and félins (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74825, 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\. félins is at rank #29,785, 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 74825, this pair ranks #35,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of felice vs félins
Shared letters: fil. Private to "felice": ce. Private to "félins": nsé.
"felice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "félins" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- felice ← eflice · feilce · felcie · felicce · feliec · fellice · ffelice · fleice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "felice" for "félins" ever safe?
Frequency check: "felice" vs "félins" - which ranks higher?
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 "félins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "felice" and "félins" 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 #35,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.