Which to use
“film” is a noun and “filme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #366
- “film” frequency rank
- #14,040
- “filme” frequency rank
- 14406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | film | filme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pellicule de gélatine de type photographique sur laquelle on enregistre une suite d’images à l’aide d’un appareil photo. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Same sound, different letters: film vs filme
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. film runs 4 letters (CVCC) against filme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - film and filme
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: film and filme carry the same recorded pronunciation, \film\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “film” sits inside “filme”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
film is recorded at frequency rank #366, classified as anoun, pronounced \film\. filme is at rank #14,040, tagged as averb, 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 14406, this pair ranks #396,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of film vs filme
Shared letters: film. Private to "film": -. Private to "filme": e.
"film" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "film" and "filme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "film" or "filme" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "film" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "film" and "filme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs filme". 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 #396,826 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.