Which to use
“filme” and “flame” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,040
- “filme” frequency rank
- #44,462
- “flame” frequency rank
- 58502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filme | flame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe flamer. |
Where the eye mixes filme and flame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filme (CVCCV) and flame (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: filme vs flame
A purely visual mix-up. filme (\film\) and flame (\flam\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58502, 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\. flame is at rank #44,462, tagged as averb, pronounced \flam\.
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 58502, this pair ranks #108,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of filme vs flame
Shared letters: eflm. Private to "filme": i. Private to "flame": a.
"filme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "flame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filme" for "flame" ever safe?
Which is more common, "filme" or "flame"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "filme" and "flame" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filme" and "flame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fage vs flame". 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 #108,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.