Which to use
“filles” is a noun and “filmées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #723
- “filles” frequency rank
- #28,954
- “filmées” frequency rank
- 29677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filles | filmées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fille. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filles and filmées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filles runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against filmées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between filles and filmées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filles is \fij\ while filmées 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 29677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filles is recorded at frequency rank #723, classified as anoun, pronounced \fij\. filmées is at rank #28,954, 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 29677, this pair ranks #315,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filles vs filmées
Shared letters: efils. Private to "filles": -. Private to "filmées": mé.
"filles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filles ← ffilles · filels · filless · fillse · fliles · iflles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filles" and "filmées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "filles" or "filmées"?
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 "filles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filmées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filles" and "filmées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs filmées". 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 #315,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.