Which to use
“figer” is a verb and “fine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,801
- “figer” frequency rank
- #3,919
- “fine” frequency rank
- 43720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figer | fine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Congeler, coaguler, condenser par le froid, par le refroidissement. Il se dit surtout en parlant des huiles. | Terme utilisé communément dans l’imprimerie et par les typographes pour désigner une espace insécable, mais d'une largeur fixe non justifiable (en cas de justification des lignes complètes de paragraphes entre les deux marges), et plus fine (entre un sixième et un quart de cadratin, selon les polices de caractères utilisées) que l’espace normale (un demi cadratin) séparant les mots ; la fine est utilisée soit en juxtaposition avec certains signes de ponctuation, soit aussi (dans les conventions typographiques françaises) comme séparateur de groupes de chiffres dans un nombre ou un numéro. |
Where the eye mixes figer and fine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between figer and fine
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: figer is \fi.ʒe\ while fine is \fin\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figer is recorded at frequency rank #39,801, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.ʒe\. fine is at rank #3,919, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fin\.
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 43720, this pair ranks #215,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of figer vs fine
Shared letters: efi. Private to "figer": gr. Private to "fine": n.
"figer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "figer" for "fine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "figer" vs "fine" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "figer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figer" and "fine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figer 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 #215,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.