FieldsvsfiolesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,974
“Fields” frequency rank
#46,172
“fioles” frequency rank
71146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fields fioles
Definition Nom de famille. Pluriel de fiole.

Letter map: Fields vs fioles

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

6 ch
Fields
6 ch
fioles

Role in the sentence - Fields and fioles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fields is aname and fiolesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fields is recorded at frequency rank #24,974, classified as aname. fioles is at rank #46,172, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fjɔl\.

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 71146, this pair ranks #48,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Fields vs fioles

Shared letters: efils. Private to "Fields": d. Private to "fioles": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fieldsfeilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds
  • fiolesffioles · filoes · fioels · fioless · fiolles · fiolse · ifoles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Fields" and "fioles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fields" is a name and "fioles" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Fields" or "fioles" show up more?
"Fields" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,974 in our French list, against #46,172 for "fioles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Fields" and "fioles". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fields" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fioles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fields" and "fioles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fioles". 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 #48,643 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