Which to use
“filme” and “filmée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,040
- “filme” frequency rank
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- 33060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filme | filmée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filme and filmée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against filmée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses filme with filmée
A purely visual mix-up. filme (\film\) and filmée (\fil.me\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filme is recorded at frequency rank #14,040, classified as averb, pronounced \film\. 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 33060, this pair ranks #293,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filme vs filmée
Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filme": -. Private to "filmée": é.
"filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- filme ← ffilme · filem · fillme · filmme · fimle · flime · iflme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filme" and "filmée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "filme" vs "filmée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "filme" 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 #293,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filme" 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 #293,101 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.