Which to use
“feuilleter” is a verb and “feuilleton” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,297
- “feuilleter” frequency rank
- #13,791
- “feuilleton” frequency rank
- 53088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feuilleter | feuilleton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parcourir un livre, un manuscrit en tournant les feuillets. | Partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans. |
Where the eye mixes feuilleter and feuilleton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. feuilleter and feuilleton follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: feuilleter vs feuilleton
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feuilleter is \fœj.te\ while feuilleton is \fœj.tɔ̃\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feuilleter is recorded at frequency rank #39,297, classified as averb, pronounced \fœj.te\. feuilleton is at rank #13,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fœj.tɔ̃\.
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 53088, this pair ranks #143,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feuilleter vs feuilleton
Shared letters: efiltu. Private to "feuilleter": r. Private to "feuilleton": no.
"feuilleter" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVC · "feuilleton" · 10 letters · shape CVVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- feuilleter ← efuilleter · feiulleter · feuilelter · feuileter · feuilleetr · feuilleterr · feuilletre · feuilletter
- feuilleton ← efuilleton · feiulleton · feuilelton · feuileton · feuilleotn · feuilletno · feuilletonn · feuilletton
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feuilleter" and "feuilleton" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "feuilleter" or "feuilleton" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilleter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feuilleton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feuilleter" and "feuilleton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feuilleté vs feuilleter". 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 #143,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.