Which to use
“filles” is a noun and “fixées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #723
- “filles” frequency rank
- #12,572
- “fixées” frequency rank
- 13295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filles | fixées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fille. | Féminin pluriel de fixé. |
Where the eye mixes filles and fixées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between filles and fixées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filles is \fij\ while fixées is \fik.se\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filles is recorded at frequency rank #723, classified as anoun, pronounced \fij\. fixées is at rank #12,572, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fik.se\.
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 13295, this pair ranks #401,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filles vs fixées
Shared letters: efis. Private to "filles": l. Private to "fixées": xé.
"filles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fixées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filles ← ffilles · filels · filless · fillse · fliles · iflles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filles" for "fixées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "filles" vs "fixées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "fixées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filles" and "fixées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fixées". 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 #401,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.