Which to use
“filmée” and “filmées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- #28,954
- “filmées” frequency rank
- 47974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmée | filmées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer. |
Same sound, different letters: filmée vs filmées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. filmée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against filmées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - filmée / filmées
This is the hard kind. filmée and filmées are pronounced identically (\fil.me\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “filmée” sits inside “filmées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filmée is recorded at frequency rank #19,020, classified as averb, pronounced \fil.me\. 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 47974, this pair ranks #182,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filmée vs filmées
Shared letters: efilmé. Private to "filmée": -. Private to "filmées": s.
"filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filmée" for "filmées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "filmée" or "filmées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmée" 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 #182,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmée" and "filmées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs filmées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #182,671 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.