Which to use
“filament” is a noun and “fixement” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,271
- “filament” frequency rank
- #43,440
- “fixement” frequency rank
- 83711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filament | fixement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit fil, petit brin long et délié, semblable à celui qui se tire de l’écorce du chanvre ou du lin. | D’une manière fixe. |
Where the eye mixes filament and fixement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. filament and fixement follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: filament vs fixement
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filament is \fi.la.mɑ̃\ while fixement is \fik.sə.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filament is recorded at frequency rank #40,271, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.la.mɑ̃\. fixement is at rank #43,440, tagged as anadv, pronounced \fik.sə.mɑ̃\.
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 83711, this pair ranks #14,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filament vs fixement
Shared letters: efimnt. Private to "filament": al. Private to "fixement": x.
"filament" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "fixement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filament" for "fixement" ever safe?
Frequency check: "filament" vs "fixement" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "filament" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fixement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filament" and "fixement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filament vs filmant". 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 #14,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.