Which to use
“filent” and “filons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,030
- “filent” frequency rank
- #27,812
- “filons” frequency rank
- 58842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filent | filons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe filer. |
Where the eye mixes filent and filons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filent and filons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: filent vs filons
A purely visual mix-up. filent (\fil\) and filons (\fi.lɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filent is recorded at frequency rank #31,030, classified as averb, pronounced \fil\. filons is at rank #27,812, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.lɔ̃\.
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 58842, this pair ranks #106,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filent vs filons
Shared letters: filn. Private to "filent": et. Private to "filons": os.
"filent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "filons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filent" and "filons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "filent" or "filons"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "filent" and "filons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filent" and "filons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filent vs filez". 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 #106,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.