Which to use
“Fields” is a name and “filles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,974
- “Fields” frequency rank
- #723
- “filles” frequency rank
- 25697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fields | filles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Pluriel de fille. |
Letter map: Fields vs filles
Shared letters muted; letters that set Fields and filles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Fields / filles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fields is aname and fillesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fields is recorded at frequency rank #24,974, classified as aname. 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 25697, this pair ranks #339,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Fields vs filles
Shared letters: efils. Private to "Fields": d. Private to "filles": -.
"Fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "filles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fields" and "filles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Fields" vs "filles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Fields" vs "filles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fields" 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 #339,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fields" and "filles" 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 #339,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.