figevsFinkTell them apart

Quick tell: fige is a verb, Fink is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fige” is a verb and “Fink” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,806
“fige” frequency rank
#47,898
“Fink” frequency rank
86704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fige Fink
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de figer. Nom de famille.

Letter map: fige vs Fink

Shared letters muted; letters that set fige and Fink apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fige (CVCV) and Fink (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
fige
4 ch
Fink

Role in the sentence - fige and Fink

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fige is averb and Finkaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86704, 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\. Fink is at rank #47,898, tagged as aname.

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 86704, this pair ranks #9,292 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fige vs Fink

Shared letters: fi. Private to "fige": eg. Private to "Fink": kn.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fige ← ffige · fgie · fieg · figge · ifge
  • Fink ← ffink · fikn · finkk · finnk · fnik · ifnk

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fige" and "Fink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fige" is a verb and "Fink" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fige" vs "Fink" - which ranks higher?
"fige" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,806 in our French list, against #47,898 for "Fink". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fige" and "Fink".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,292 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fige" and "Fink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fink vs FIV". 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 #9,292 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