Which to use
“feuillage” and “feuille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,485
- “feuillage” frequency rank
- #3,073
- “feuille” frequency rank
- 21558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuillage | feuille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | L’ensemble des feuilles d’un ou de plusieurs arbres. | Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration. |
Where the eye mixes feuillage and feuille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. feuillage runs 9 letters (CVVVCCVCV) against feuille's 7 (CVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between feuillage and feuille
A purely visual mix-up. feuillage (\fœ.jaʒ\) and feuille (\fœj\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuillage is recorded at frequency rank #18,485, classified as anoun, pronounced \fœ.jaʒ\. feuille is at rank #3,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fœj\.
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 21558, this pair ranks #362,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feuillage vs feuille
Shared letters: efilu. Private to "feuillage": ag. Private to "feuille": -.
"feuillage" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCV · "feuille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feuillage" for "feuille" ever safe?
Which is more common, "feuillage" or "feuille"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "feuillage" and "feuille" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuillage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,548 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuillage" and "feuille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuillage vs feuilleté". 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 #362,548 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.