fielvsFieldsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#36,843
“fiel” frequency rank
#24,974
“Fields” frequency rank
61817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fiel Fields
Definition Bile, généralement celle du bœuf. Nom de famille.

Letter map: fiel vs Fields

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

4 ch
fiel
6 ch
Fields

Role in the sentence - fiel and Fields

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fiel is anoun and Fieldsaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fiel” sits inside “Fields”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61817, 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\. 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 61817, this pair ranks #90,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fiel vs Fields

Shared letters: efil. Private to "fiel": -. Private to "Fields": ds.

"fiel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fielfeil · ffiel · fiell · ifel
  • Fieldsfeilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fiel" and "Fields" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fiel" is a noun and "Fields" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fiel" or "Fields"?
"Fields" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,974 in our French list, against #36,843 for "fiel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fiel" and "Fields".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fiel" 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 #90,264 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fiel" and "Fields" 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 #90,264 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