Which to use
“fiabilité” and “fragilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,583
- “fiabilité” frequency rank
- #11,058
- “fragilité” frequency rank
- 22641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiabilité | fragilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de ce qui est fiable. | Disposition à être cassé, être brisé facilement. |
Where the eye mixes fiabilité and fragilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fiabilité (CVVCVCVCV) and fragilité (CCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fiabilité and fragilité
A purely visual mix-up. fiabilité (\fja.bi.li.te\) and fragilité (\fʁa.ʒi.li.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiabilité is recorded at frequency rank #11,583, classified as anoun, pronounced \fja.bi.li.te\. fragilité is at rank #11,058, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁa.ʒi.li.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 22641, this pair ranks #356,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fiabilité vs fragilité
Shared letters: afilté. Private to "fiabilité": b. Private to "fragilité": gr.
"fiabilité" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV · "fragilité" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fiabilité" and "fragilité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fiabilité" vs "fragilité" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fiabilité" and "fragilité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiabilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fragilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiabilité" and "fragilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fragiliser vs fragilité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #356,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.