Which to use
“fiche” is a noun and “filme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,917
- “fiche” frequency rank
- #14,040
- “filme” frequency rank
- 15957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiche | filme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de ficher, d’enfoncer ; quantité dont on enfonce dans le sol un pieu de fondation. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes fiche and filme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fiche and filme follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fiche and filme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fiche is \fiʃ\ while filme is \film\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiche is recorded at frequency rank #1,917, classified as anoun, pronounced \fiʃ\. filme is at rank #14,040, tagged as averb, pronounced \film\.
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 15957, this pair ranks #390,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fiche vs filme
Shared letters: efi. Private to "fiche": ch. Private to "filme": lm.
"fiche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fiche" and "filme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fiche" vs "filme" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiche" and "filme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs filme". 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 #390,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.