Which to use
“feuilletée” is an adjective and “feuilleter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,270
- “feuilletée” frequency rank
- #39,297
- “feuilleter” frequency rank
- 79567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuilletée | feuilleter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de feuilleté. | Parcourir un livre, un manuscrit en tournant les feuillets. |
Same sound, different letters: feuilletée vs feuilleter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. feuilletée (CVVVCCVCVV) and feuilleter (CVVVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: feuilletée vs feuilleter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: feuilletée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuilletée is recorded at frequency rank #40,270, 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 79567, this pair ranks #22,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of feuilletée vs feuilleter
Shared letters: efiltu. Private to "feuilletée": é. Private to "feuilleter": r.
"feuilletée" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVV · "feuilleter" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feuilleter ← efuilleter · feiulleter · feuilelter · feuileter · feuilleetr · feuilleterr · feuilletre · feuilletter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "feuilletée" for "feuilleter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "feuilletée" vs "feuilleter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"feuilletée" and "feuilleter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilletée" 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 #22,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuilletée" 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 #22,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.