Which to use
“fesses” and “fusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,489
- “fesses” frequency rank
- #15,887
- “fusées” frequency rank
- 20376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fesses | fusées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fesse. | Pluriel de fusée. |
Where the eye mixes fesses and fusées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fesses (CVCCVC) and fusées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fesses vs fusées
A purely visual mix-up. fesses (\fɛs\) and fusées (\fy.ze\) 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 20376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fesses is recorded at frequency rank #4,489, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛs\. fusées is at rank #15,887, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.ze\.
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 20376, this pair ranks #368,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fesses vs fusées
Shared letters: efs. Private to "fesses": -. Private to "fusées": ué.
"fesses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fusées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fesses ← efsses · feses · fesess · fessess · fessse · ffesses · fseses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fesses" and "fusées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fesses" vs "fusées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fesses" and "fusées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fesses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fesses" and "fusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fusées". 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 #368,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.