filezvsfilméeConfusable pair

Which to use

“filez” and “filmée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,655
“filez” frequency rank
#19,020
“filmée” frequency rank
68675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filez filmée
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filer. Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer.

Where the eye mixes filez and filmée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filez runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against filmée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
filez
6 ch
filmée

Visual trap between filez and filmée

A purely visual mix-up. filez (\fi.le\) and filmée (\fil.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filez is recorded at frequency rank #49,655, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.le\. filmée is at rank #19,020, tagged as averb, pronounced \fil.me\.

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 68675, this pair ranks #58,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filez vs filmée

Shared letters: efil. Private to "filez": z. Private to "filmée": mé.

"filez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filez ← ffilez · fielz · filezz · fillez · filze · fliez · iflez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "filez" and "filmée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\fi.le\ versus \fil.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "filez" vs "filmée" - which ranks higher?
"filmée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,020 in our French list, against #49,655 for "filez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "filmée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filez" and "filmée" 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 #58,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list