filméesvsfilmentTell them apart

Which to use

“filmées” and “filment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,954
“filmées” frequency rank
#38,297
“filment” frequency rank
67251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmées filment
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de filmer.

Where the eye mixes filmées and filment

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filmées (CVCCVVC) and filment (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
filmées
7 ch
filment

Visual trap between filmées and filment

A purely visual mix-up. filmées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filmées is recorded at frequency rank #28,954, 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 67251, this pair ranks #64,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filmées vs filment

Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filmées": sé. Private to "filment": nt.

"filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "filment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filment ← ffilment · filemnt · fillment · filmennt · filmentt · filmetn · filmment · filmnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filmées" and "filment" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fil.me\ versus \film\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "filmées" vs "filment" - which ranks higher?
"filmées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,954 in our French list, against #38,297 for "filment". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filmées" 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 #64,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmées" 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 #64,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list