Which to use
“fiers” and “figées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,616
- “fiers” frequency rank
- #48,530
- “figées” frequency rank
- 55146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiers | figées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de fier. | Féminin pluriel de figé. |
Where the eye mixes fiers and figées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fiers runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against figées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fiers with figées
A purely visual mix-up. fiers (\fjɛʁ\) and figées (\fi.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiers is recorded at frequency rank #6,616, classified as anadj, pronounced \fjɛʁ\. figées is at rank #48,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.ʒe\.
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 55146, this pair ranks #129,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fiers vs figées
Shared letters: efis. Private to "fiers": r. Private to "figées": gé.
"fiers" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "figées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fiers ← feirs · ffiers · fierrs · fierss · fiesr · fires · ifers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fiers" for "figées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fiers" or "figées" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fiers" and "figées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "figées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiers" and "figées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées 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 #129,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.