Which to use
“feuille” is a noun and “feuilleté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,073
- “feuille” frequency rank
- #42,337
- “feuilleté” frequency rank
- 45410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuille | feuilleté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organe aérien et généralement plat des plantes vasculaires, inséré sur la tige, spécialisé dans la photosynthèse, les échanges gazeux et la transpiration. | Qualifie un matériau en feuillets. |
Where the eye mixes feuille and feuilleté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. feuille runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against feuilleté's 9 (CVVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between feuille and feuilleté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feuille is \fœj\ while feuilleté is \fœj.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “feuille” sits inside “feuilleté”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuille is recorded at frequency rank #3,073, classified as anoun, pronounced \fœj\. feuilleté is at rank #42,337, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fœj.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 45410, this pair ranks #202,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feuille vs feuilleté
Shared letters: efilu. Private to "feuille": -. Private to "feuilleté": té.
"feuille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "feuilleté" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feuille ← efuille · feiulle · feuile · feuilel · feulile · ffeuille · fueille
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feuille" and "feuilleté" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feuille" vs "feuilleté" - 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 "feuille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilleté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuille" and "feuilleté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuilleté vs feuilletée". 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 #202,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.