Which to use
“filmées” and “formées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,954
- “filmées” frequency rank
- #15,633
- “formées” frequency rank
- 44587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmées | formées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de filmer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de former. |
Where the eye mixes filmées and formées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filmées and formées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between filmées and formées
A purely visual mix-up. filmées (\fil.me\) and formées (\fɔʁ.me\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44587, 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\. formées is at rank #15,633, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.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 44587, this pair ranks #209,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filmées vs formées
Shared letters: efmsé. Private to "filmées": il. Private to "formées": or.
"filmées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "formées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filmées" for "formées" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "filmées" and "formées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmées" and "formées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs filmées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #209,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.