feuilletvsftWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“feuillet” and “ft” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,859
“feuillet” frequency rank
#17,714
“ft” frequency rank
40573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feuillet ft
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. feuillet.

Same sound, different letters: feuillet vs ft

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.

8 ch
feuillet
2 ch
ft

Homophone desk: feuillet vs ft

This is the hard kind. feuillet and ft 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 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40573, 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\. ft is at rank #17,714, 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 40573, this pair ranks #239,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feuillet vs ft

Shared letters: ft. Private to "feuillet": eilu. Private to "ft": -.

"feuillet" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC  ·  "ft" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feuilletefuillet · feiullet · feuilelt · feuilet · feuillett · feuillte · feulilet · ffeuillet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "feuillet" and "ft" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\fœ.jɛ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "feuillet" vs "ft" - which ranks higher?
"ft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,714 in our French list, against #22,859 for "feuillet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "feuillet" / "ft". 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 "ft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feuillet" and "ft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs ft". 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 #239,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list