Which to use
“filmées” and “filmer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,954
- “filmées” frequency rank
- #7,962
- “filmer” frequency rank
- 36916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmées | filmer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel 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: filmées vs filmer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. filmées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against filmer's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: filmées vs filmer
This is the hard kind. filmées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36916, 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\. 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 36916, this pair ranks #266,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filmées vs filmer
Shared letters: efilm. Private to "filmées": sé. Private to "filmer": r.
"filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "filmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filmer ← ffilmer · filemr · fillmer · filmerr · filmmer · filmre · fimler · flimer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filmées" and "filmer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "filmées" or "filmer" show up more?
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 "filmées" 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 #266,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmées" and "filmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs filmées". 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 #266,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.