Which to use
“filer” and “filez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,321
- “filer” frequency rank
- #49,655
- “filez” frequency rank
- 56976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filer | filez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tordre ensemble plusieurs brins de chanvre, de lin, de soie, de laine, etc., pour qu’ils forment un fil. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer. |
Same sound, different letters: filer vs filez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. filer and filez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: filer vs filez
This is the hard kind. filer and filez are pronounced identically (\fi.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “filer” becomes z in “filez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filer is recorded at frequency rank #7,321, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.le\. filez is at rank #49,655, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.le\.
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 56976, this pair ranks #117,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filer vs filez
Shared letters: efil. Private to "filer": r. Private to "filez": z.
"filer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "filez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filer" for "filez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "filer" vs "filez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "filer" / "filez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "filer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filer" and "filez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fila 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 #117,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.