Which to use
“feuilleté” is an adjective and “feuilleter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,337
- “feuilleté” frequency rank
- #39,297
- “feuilleter” frequency rank
- 81634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuilleté | feuilleter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie un matériau en feuillets. | Parcourir un livre, un manuscrit en tournant les feuillets. |
Same sound, different letters: feuilleté vs feuilleter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: feuilleté vs feuilleter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: feuilleté and feuilleter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fœj.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuilleté is recorded at frequency rank #42,337, classified as anadj, pronounced \fœj.te\. feuilleter is at rank #39,297, tagged as averb, 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 81634, this pair ranks #18,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feuilleté vs feuilleter
Shared letters: efiltu. Private to "feuilleté": é. Private to "feuilleter": r.
"feuilleté" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCV · "feuilleter" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feuilleter ← efuilleter · feiulleter · feuilelter · feuileter · feuilleetr · feuilleterr · feuilletre · feuilletter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feuilleté" for "feuilleter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feuilleté" vs "feuilleter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"feuilleté" and "feuilleter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilleté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilleter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuilleté" and "feuilleter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuilleté vs feuilletée". 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 #18,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.