Which to use
“filmée” and “filment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- #38,297
- “filment” frequency rank
- 57317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmée | filment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filmer. |
Where the eye mixes filmée and filment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filmée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against filment's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between filmée and filment
A purely visual mix-up. filmée (\fil.me\) and filment (\film\) 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 57317, 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\. 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 57317, this pair ranks #115,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filmée vs filment
Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filmée": é. Private to "filment": nt.
"filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "filment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filment ← ffilment · filemnt · fillment · filmennt · filmentt · filmetn · filmment · filmnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filmée" and "filment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "filmée" or "filment" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "filmée" and "filment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmée" 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 #115,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmée" 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 #115,774 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.