Which to use
“fides” and “filles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,296
- “fides” frequency rank
- #723
- “filles” frequency rank
- 39019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fides | filles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Foi, croyance, confiance, créance, crédit. | Pluriel de fille. |
Letter map: fides vs filles
Shared letters muted; letters that set fides and filles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fides runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against filles's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - fides / filles
fides and filles 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fides is recorded at frequency rank #38,296, classified as anoun. filles is at rank #723, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fij\.
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 39019, this pair ranks #251,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fides vs filles
Shared letters: efis. Private to "fides": d. Private to "filles": l.
"fides" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "filles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fides" and "filles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fides" vs "filles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "fides" and "filles". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fides" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fides" and "filles" 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 #251,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.