Which to use
“filmée” and “filmer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,020
- “filmée” frequency rank
- #7,962
- “filmer” frequency rank
- 26982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmée | filmer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de filmer. | Enregistrer une suite d'images animées sur une pellicule sensible à l'aide d'une caméra (le son est souvent enregistré en même temps). |
Same sound, different letters: filmée vs filmer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. filmée (CVCCVV) and filmer (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - filmée / filmer
This is the hard kind. filmée and filmer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26982, 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\. filmer is at rank #7,962, 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 26982, this pair ranks #331,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filmée vs filmer
Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filmée": é. Private to "filmer": r.
"filmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "filmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filmer ← ffilmer · filemr · fillmer · filmerr · filmmer · filmre · fimler · flimer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filmée" and "filmer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "filmée" or "filmer" show up more?
What to do next
"filmée" and "filmer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmée" and "filmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs filmée". 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 #331,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.