Which to use
“filant” is an adjective and “filment” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,790
- “filant” frequency rank
- #38,297
- “filment” frequency rank
- 80087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filant | filment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui coule sans se diviser et s’allonge en une apparence de fil continu. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filant and filment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filant runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) 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 filant with filment
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filant is \fi.lɑ̃\ while filment is \film\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filant is recorded at frequency rank #41,790, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.lɑ̃\. 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 80087, this pair ranks #21,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filant vs filment
Shared letters: filnt. Private to "filant": a. Private to "filment": em.
"filant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "filment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filant" and "filment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "filant" or "filment"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "filant" and "filment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filant" 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 #21,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filant" and "filment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filant 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 #21,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.