Which to use
“fiel” and “field” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,843
- “fiel” frequency rank
- #17,136
- “field” frequency rank
- 53979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiel | field |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bile, généralement celle du bœuf. | Champ (terre). |
Where the eye mixes fiel and field
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fiel runs 4 letters (CVVC) against field's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fiel with field
A purely visual mix-up. fiel (\fjɛl\) and field (\fiːld\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fiel” sits inside “field”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiel is recorded at frequency rank #36,843, classified as anoun, pronounced \fjɛl\. field is at rank #17,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fiːld\.
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 53979, this pair ranks #137,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fiel vs field
Shared letters: efil. Private to "fiel": -. Private to "field": d.
"fiel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "field" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fiel" for "field" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fiel" or "field"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "field" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiel" and "field" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fiel 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 #137,135 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.