Which to use
“filiales” is an adjective and “filières” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,384
- “filiales” frequency rank
- #10,005
- “filières” frequency rank
- 22389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filiales | filières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de filial. | Pluriel de filière. |
Where the eye mixes filiales and filières
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. filiales and filières follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses filiales with filières
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filiales is \fi.ljal\ while filières is \fi.ljɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filiales is recorded at frequency rank #12,384, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ljal\. filières is at rank #10,005, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fi.ljɛʁ\.
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 22389, this pair ranks #358,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filiales vs filières
Shared letters: efils. Private to "filiales": a. Private to "filières": rè.
"filiales" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "filières" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filiales ← ffiliales · fiilales · filailes · filiaels · filialess · filialles · filialse · fililaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filiales" for "filières" ever safe?
Frequency check: "filiales" vs "filières" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "filiales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filiales" and "filières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faciales vs filiales". 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 #358,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.