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“fèves” and “fides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,017
- “fèves” frequency rank
- #38,296
- “fides” frequency rank
- 64313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fèves | fides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fève. | Foi, croyance, confiance, créance, crédit. |
Letter map: fèves vs fides
Shared letters muted; letters that set fèves and fides apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fèves and fides follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: fèves and fides
fèves and fides are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fèves is recorded at frequency rank #26,017, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛv\. fides is at rank #38,296, tagged as anoun.
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 64313, this pair ranks #77,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fèves vs fides
Shared letters: efs. Private to "fèves": vè. Private to "fides": di.
"fèves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fides" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fides ← fdies · ffides · fiddes · fidess · fidse · fieds · ifdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fèves" for "fides" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fèves" vs "fides" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "fèves" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fèves" and "fides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fides vs filez". 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 #77,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.