Which to use
“figurer” and “figurera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,161
- “figurer” frequency rank
- #37,334
- “figurera” frequency rank
- 47495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | figurer | figurera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représenter par le dessin, par la peinture, par la sculpture, etc. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de figurer. |
Where the eye mixes figurer and figurera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. figurer runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against figurera's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between figurer and figurera
A purely visual mix-up. figurer (\fi.ɡy.ʁe\) and figurera (\fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “figurer” sits inside “figurera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
figurer is recorded at frequency rank #10,161, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.ɡy.ʁe\. figurera is at rank #37,334, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa\.
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 47495, this pair ranks #186,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of figurer vs figurera
Shared letters: efgiru. Private to "figurer": -. Private to "figurera": a.
"figurer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "figurera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "figurer" and "figurera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "figurer" vs "figurera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "figurer" and "figurera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "figurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "figurera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "figurer" and "figurera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figuier vs figurera". 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 #186,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.