Which to use
“feuillet” is a noun and “feuillus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,859
- “feuillet” frequency rank
- #41,289
- “feuillus” frequency rank
- 64148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuillet | feuillus |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de feuillu. |
Where the eye mixes feuillet and feuillus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: feuillet vs feuillus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feuillet is \fœ.jɛ\ while feuillus is \fœ.jy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64148, 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\. feuillus is at rank #41,289, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fœ.jy\.
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 64148, this pair ranks #78,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feuillet vs feuillus
Shared letters: efilu. Private to "feuillet": t. Private to "feuillus": s.
"feuillet" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "feuillus" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feuillet" and "feuillus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "feuillet" vs "feuillus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "feuillet" and "feuillus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuillet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuillus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuillet" and "feuillus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuillus vs fouillis". 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 #78,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.