Which to use
“filmait” and “filmant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,171
- “filmait” frequency rank
- #46,764
- “filmant” frequency rank
- 92935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmait | filmant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de filmer. | Participe présent de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filmait and filmant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. filmait (CVCCVVC) and filmant (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between filmait and filmant
A purely visual mix-up. filmait (\fil.mɛ\) and filmant (\fil.mɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “filmait” becomes n in “filmant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filmait is recorded at frequency rank #46,171, classified as averb, pronounced \fil.mɛ\. filmant is at rank #46,764, tagged as averb, pronounced \fil.mɑ̃\.
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 92935, this pair ranks #2,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filmait vs filmant
Shared letters: afilmt. Private to "filmait": -. Private to "filmant": n.
"filmait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "filmant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filmait" and "filmant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "filmait" vs "filmant" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "filmait" and "filmant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filmant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmait" and "filmant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fichait vs filmait". 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 #2,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.