figevsfindWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“fige” and “find” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,806
“fige” frequency rank
#22,266
“find” frequency rank
61072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fige find
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de figer. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de finden.

Where the eye mixes fige and find

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
fige
4 ch
find

Look-alike desk: fige vs find

A purely visual mix-up. fige (\fiʒ\) and find (\fɪnt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fige is recorded at frequency rank #38,806, classified as averb, pronounced \fiʒ\. find is at rank #22,266, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɪnt\.

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 61072, this pair ranks #94,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fige vs find

Shared letters: fi. Private to "fige": eg. Private to "find": dn.

"fige" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • figeffige · fgie · fieg · figge · ifge
  • findffind · fidn · findd · finnd · fnid · ifnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fige" for "find" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\fiʒ\ versus \fɪnt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fige" vs "find" - which ranks higher?
"find" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,266 in our French list, against #38,806 for "fige". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fige" and "find" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "find" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fige" and "find" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fige vs Finger". 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 #94,218 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