Which to use
“félicité” is a noun and “féliciter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,414
- “félicité” frequency rank
- #9,844
- “féliciter” frequency rank
- 21258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | félicité | féliciter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Béatitude ; grand bonheur. | Complimenter quelqu’un sur un succès, sur un événement agréable. |
Same sound, different letters: félicité vs féliciter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. félicité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against féliciter's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: félicité vs féliciter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: félicité and féliciter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fe.li.si.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
félicité is recorded at frequency rank #11,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \fe.li.si.te\. féliciter is at rank #9,844, tagged as averb, pronounced \fe.li.si.te\.
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 21258, this pair ranks #364,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of félicité vs féliciter
Shared letters: cfilté. Private to "félicité": -. Private to "féliciter": er.
"félicité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "féliciter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "félicité" and "féliciter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "félicité" vs "féliciter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"félicité" and "féliciter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "félicité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "féliciter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "félicité" and "féliciter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felice vs félicité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #364,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.