Which to use
“filaments” is a noun and “filment” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,943
- “filaments” frequency rank
- #38,297
- “filment” frequency rank
- 74240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filaments | filment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de filament. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filaments and filment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. filaments runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCC) against filment's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses filaments with filment
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filaments is \fi.la.mɑ̃\ while filment is \film\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filaments is recorded at frequency rank #35,943, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.la.mɑ̃\. filment is at rank #38,297, tagged as averb, pronounced \film\.
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 74240, this pair ranks #37,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filaments vs filment
Shared letters: efilmnt. Private to "filaments": as. Private to "filment": -.
"filaments" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC · "filment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filaments" and "filment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "filaments" or "filment"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "filaments" and "filment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filaments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,761 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filaments" and "filment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmant vs filment". 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 #37,761 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.