Which to use
“filles” is a noun and “filmée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #723
- “filles” frequency rank
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- 19743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filles | filmée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fille. | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filles and filmée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between filles and filmée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filles is \fij\ while filmée is \fil.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filles is recorded at frequency rank #723, classified as anoun, pronounced \fij\. 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 19743, this pair ranks #371,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filles vs filmée
Shared letters: efil. Private to "filles": s. Private to "filmée": mé.
"filles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- filles ← ffilles · filels · filless · fillse · fliles · iflles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filles" and "filmée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "filles" or "filmée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "filles" 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 #371,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filles" and "filmée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs filmée". 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 #371,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.