filméesvsfiltresWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: filmées is a verb, filtres is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“filmées” is a verb and “filtres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,954
“filmées” frequency rank
#12,571
“filtres” frequency rank
41525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmées filtres
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer. Pluriel de filtre.

Where the eye mixes filmées and filtres

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

7 ch
filmées
7 ch
filtres

Visual trap between filmées and filtres

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filmées is \fil.me\ while filtres is \filtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41525, 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\. filtres is at rank #12,571, tagged as anoun, pronounced \filtʁ\.

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 41525, this pair ranks #232,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filmées vs filtres

Shared letters: efils. Private to "filmées": mé. Private to "filtres": rt.

"filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "filtres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filtres ← ffiltres · filltres · filrtes · filters · filtress · filtrres · filtrse · filttres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "filmées" for "filtres" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filmées" is a verb and "filtres" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "filmées" vs "filtres" - which ranks higher?
"filtres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,571 in our French list, against #28,954 for "filmées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "filtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmées" and "filtres" 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 #232,457 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