Which to use
“filmer” is a verb and “firmes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,962
- “filmer” frequency rank
- #15,630
- “firmes” frequency rank
- 23592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmer | firmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enregistrer une suite d'images animées sur une pellicule sensible à l'aide d'une caméra (le son est souvent enregistré en même temps). | Pluriel de firme. |
Where the eye mixes filmer and firmes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between filmer and firmes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filmer is \fil.me\ while firmes is \fiʁm\. 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 23592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filmer is recorded at frequency rank #7,962, classified as averb, pronounced \fil.me\. firmes is at rank #15,630, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fiʁm\.
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 23592, this pair ranks #351,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filmer vs firmes
Shared letters: efimr. Private to "filmer": l. Private to "firmes": s.
"filmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "firmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filmer" and "firmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "filmer" or "firmes"?
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 "filmer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "firmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmer" and "firmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs firmes". 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 #351,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.