Which to use
“fellation” and “filiation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,542
- “fellation” frequency rank
- #13,598
- “filiation” frequency rank
- 33140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fellation | filiation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pratique sexuelle consistant à sucer et lécher le pénis. | Suite continue de générations, dans une même famille ; ligne directe qui descend des aïeux aux enfants, ou qui remonte des enfants aux aïeux. |
Where the eye mixes fellation and filiation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fellation (CVCCVCVVC) and filiation (CVCVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fellation and filiation
A purely visual mix-up. fellation (\fe.la.sjɔ̃\) and filiation (\fi.lja.sjɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fellation is recorded at frequency rank #19,542, classified as anoun, pronounced \fe.la.sjɔ̃\. filiation is at rank #13,598, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fi.lja.sjɔ̃\.
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 33140, this pair ranks #292,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fellation vs filiation
Shared letters: afilnot. Private to "fellation": e. Private to "filiation": -.
"fellation" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "filiation" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fellation" and "filiation" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fellation" or "filiation" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fellation" and "filiation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fellation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filiation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fellation" and "filiation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filiation vs filtration". 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 #292,610 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.