Which to use
“feuillet” and “feuillets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,859
- “feuillet” frequency rank
- #27,436
- “feuillets” frequency rank
- 50295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuillet | feuillets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chaque partie d’une feuille de papier qui a été pliée ou coupée en deux, en quatre, en huit, etc., en vue d’y écrire, d’y imprimer ou d’y dessiner. | Pluriel de feuillet. |
Same sound, different letters: feuillet vs feuillets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. feuillet runs 8 letters (CVVVCCVC) against feuillets's 9 (CVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - feuillet / feuillets
This is the hard kind. feuillet and feuillets are pronounced identically (\fœ.jɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “feuillet” sits inside “feuillets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuillet is recorded at frequency rank #22,859, classified as anoun, pronounced \fœ.jɛ\. feuillets is at rank #27,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fœ.jɛ\.
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 50295, this pair ranks #163,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feuillet vs feuillets
Shared letters: efiltu. Private to "feuillet": -. Private to "feuillets": s.
"feuillet" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "feuillets" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feuillet" and "feuillets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "feuillet" or "feuillets" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "feuillet" / "feuillets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuillet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuillets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuillet" and "feuillets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuilleté vs feuillets". 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 #163,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.