fidèlesvsFieldsConfusable pair

Quick tell: fidèles is a adjective, Fields is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fidèles” is an adjective and “Fields” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,234
“fidèles” frequency rank
#24,974
“Fields” frequency rank
29208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fidèles Fields
Definition Pluriel de fidèle. Nom de famille.

Letter map: fidèles vs Fields

Shared letters muted; letters that set fidèles and Fields apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
fidèles
6 ch
Fields

Role in the sentence - fidèles and Fields

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fidèles is anadjective and Fieldsaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fidèles is recorded at frequency rank #4,234, classified as anadj. Fields is at rank #24,974, tagged as aname.

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 29208, this pair ranks #318,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fidèles vs Fields

Shared letters: defils. Private to "fidèles": è. Private to "Fields": -.

"fidèles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "Fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fieldsfeilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fidèles" and "Fields" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fidèles" is an adjective and "Fields" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fidèles" or "Fields"?
"fidèles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,234 in our French list, against #24,974 for "Fields". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "fidèles" and "Fields". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fidèles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fields" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #318,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fidèles" and "Fields" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Feld vs Fields". 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 #318,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list