Which to use
“feuillet” and “fouille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,859
- “feuillet” frequency rank
- #11,056
- “fouille” frequency rank
- 33915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuillet | fouille |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Ouverture que l’on pratique dans la terre pour mettre à découvert ce qui y est enfermé ou pour faire les fondations d’une maison, pour creuser une mine, un canal, etc. |
Where the eye mixes feuillet and fouille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. feuillet runs 8 letters (CVVVCCVC) against fouille's 7 (CVVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses feuillet with fouille
A purely visual mix-up. feuillet (\fœ.jɛ\) and fouille (\fuj\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33915, 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\. fouille is at rank #11,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fuj\.
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 33915, this pair ranks #287,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feuillet vs fouille
Shared letters: efilu. Private to "feuillet": t. Private to "fouille": o.
"feuillet" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "fouille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feuillet" and "fouille" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feuillet" vs "fouille" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "feuillet" and "fouille" 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 "fouille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuillet" and "fouille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuillet vs fouillent". 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 #287,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.