filmevsfilméesTell them apart

Which to use

“filme” and “filmées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,040
“filme” frequency rank
#28,954
“filmées” frequency rank
42994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filme filmées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer.

Where the eye mixes filme and filmées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against filmées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
filme
7 ch
filmées

Look-alike desk: filme vs filmées

A purely visual mix-up. filme (\film\) and filmées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42994, 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\. 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 42994, this pair ranks #221,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filme vs filmées

Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filme": -. Private to "filmées": sé.

"filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filme ← ffilme · filem · fillme · filmme · fimle · flime · iflme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "filme" and "filmées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\film\ versus \fil.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "filme" vs "filmées" - which ranks higher?
"filme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,040 in our French list, against #28,954 for "filmées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "filmées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filme" 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 #221,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list