Which to use
“filet” is a noun and “firent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,395
- “filet” frequency rank
- #10,326
- “firent” frequency rank
- 16721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filet | firent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fil délié, petit fil. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de faire. |
Where the eye mixes filet and firent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: filet vs firent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filet is \fi.lɛ\ while firent is \fiʁ\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filet is recorded at frequency rank #6,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.lɛ\. firent is at rank #10,326, tagged as averb, pronounced \fiʁ\.
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 16721, this pair ranks #386,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filet vs firent
Shared letters: efit. Private to "filet": l. Private to "firent": nr.
"filet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "firent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filet" and "firent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "filet" or "firent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "filet" and "firent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "firent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filet" and "firent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filet 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 #386,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.