Which to use
“filière” is a noun and “filmée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,758
- “filière” frequency rank
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- 24778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filière | filmée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forme creuse permettant de filer un matériau malléable en forme de fil. | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filière and filmée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filière runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against filmée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: filière vs filmée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filière is \fi.ljɛʁ\ while filmée is \fil.me\. 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 24778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filière is recorded at frequency rank #5,758, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.ljɛʁ\. 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 24778, this pair ranks #344,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filière vs filmée
Shared letters: efil. Private to "filière": rè. Private to "filmée": mé.
"filière" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filière" for "filmée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "filière" vs "filmée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "filière" 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 #344,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filière" and "filmée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs filmée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #344,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.