Which to use
“fille” and “films” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #312
- “fille” frequency rank
- #980
- “films” frequency rank
- 1292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fille | films |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfant de genre féminin, par opposition à garçon ; aussi appelée fillette ou petite fille. | Pluriel de film. |
Where the eye mixes fille and films
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses fille with films
A purely visual mix-up. fille (\fij\) and films (\film\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fille is recorded at frequency rank #312, classified as anoun, pronounced \fij\. films is at rank #980, tagged as anoun, pronounced \film\.
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 1292, this pair ranks #438,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fille vs films
Shared letters: fil. Private to "fille": e. Private to "films": ms.
"fille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "films" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fille" and "films" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fille" vs "films" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fille" and "films" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "films" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fille" and "films" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs films". 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 #438,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.