Which to use
“Fields” is a name and “fils” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,974
- “Fields” frequency rank
- #337
- “fils” frequency rank
- 25311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fields | fils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Tout être humain de genre masculin considéré par rapport à son père et à sa mère, ou à un des deux seulement. |
Letter map: Fields vs fils
Shared letters muted; letters that set Fields and fils apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Fields / fils
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fields is aname and filsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fields is recorded at frequency rank #24,974, classified as aname. fils is at rank #337, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fis\.
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 25311, this pair ranks #341,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Fields vs fils
Shared letters: fils. Private to "Fields": de. Private to "fils": -.
"Fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "fils" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Fields" for "fils" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Fields" or "fils"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Fields" and "fils".
- Full dictionary entry for "Fields" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fields" and "fils" 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 #341,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.