Which to use
“fiche” and “Fuchs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,917
- “fiche” frequency rank
- #41,300
- “Fuchs” frequency rank
- 43217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiche | Fuchs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de ficher, d’enfoncer ; quantité dont on enfonce dans le sol un pieu de fondation. | Renard (animal). |
Where the eye mixes fiche and Fuchs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fiche (CVCCV) and Fuchs (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fiche and Fuchs
A purely visual mix-up. fiche (\fiʃ\) and Fuchs (\fʊks\) 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 43217, 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\. Fuchs is at rank #41,300, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʊks\.
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 43217, this pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fiche vs Fuchs
Shared letters: cfh. Private to "fiche": ei. Private to "Fuchs": su.
"fiche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Fuchs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fiche" and "Fuchs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fiche" or "Fuchs" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "Fuchs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiche" and "Fuchs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fichus vs Fuchs". 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 #219,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.