Which to use
“filmer” and “fumer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,962
- “filmer” frequency rank
- #4,336
- “fumer” frequency rank
- 12298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmer | fumer |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | Jeter de la fumée. |
Where the eye mixes filmer and fumer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filmer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against fumer's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between filmer and fumer
A purely visual mix-up. filmer (\fil.me\) and fumer (\fy.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12298, 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\. fumer is at rank #4,336, tagged as averb, pronounced \fy.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 12298, this pair ranks #405,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filmer vs fumer
Shared letters: efmr. Private to "filmer": il. Private to "fumer": u.
"filmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fumer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filmer" for "fumer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "filmer" or "fumer"?
After this comparison
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 "fumer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmer" and "fumer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmer vs Finger". 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 #405,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.