Which to use
“filme” and “filment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,040
- “filme” frequency rank
- #38,297
- “filment” frequency rank
- 52337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filme | filment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Same sound, different letters: filme vs filment
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. filme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against filment's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - filme and filment
This is the hard kind. filme and filment are pronounced identically (\film\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “filme” sits inside “filment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52337, 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\. filment is at rank #38,297, 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 52337, this pair ranks #148,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filme vs filment
Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filme": -. Private to "filment": nt.
"filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "filment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filme" for "filment" ever safe?
Which is more common, "filme" or "filment"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "filme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filme" and "filment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmant vs filment". 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 #148,427 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.