feuillevsfeuilletéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: feuille is a noun, feuilleté is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set feuille and feuilleté apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
feuille
9 ch
feuilleté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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": .

"feuille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV  ·  "feuilleté" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feuilleefuille · feiulle · feuile · feuilel · feulile · ffeuille · fueille

Frequency comparison

feuille#3,073
feuilleté#42,337

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "feuille" and "feuilleté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "feuille" is a noun and "feuilleté" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "feuille" or "feuilleté"?
"feuille" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,073 in our French list, against #42,337 for "feuilleté". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering feuille vs feuilleté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “feuille”; for an adjective, it's “feuilleté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “feuille” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list