FieldsvsfièresTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,974
“Fields” frequency rank
#33,689
“fières” frequency rank
58663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fields fières
Definition Nom de famille. Féminin pluriel de fier.

Letter map: Fields vs fières

Shared letters muted; letters that set Fields and fières apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Fields (CVVCCC) and fières (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Fields
6 ch
fières

Grammar separator: Fields vs fières

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fields is aname and fièresanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fields is recorded at frequency rank #24,974, classified as aname. fières is at rank #33,689, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fjɛʁ\.

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 58663, this pair ranks #107,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Fields vs fières

Shared letters: efis. Private to "Fields": dl. Private to "fières": rè.

"Fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "fières" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fields ← feilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Fields" for "fières" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fields" is a name and "fières" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Fields" or "fières" show up more?
"Fields" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,974 in our French list, against #33,689 for "fières". 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 "Fields" and "fières". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fields" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fields" and "fières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fières vs figées". 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 #107,697 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