Which to use
“find” and “fis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,266
- “find” frequency rank
- #16,880
- “fis” frequency rank
- 39146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | find | fis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de finden. | Première personne du singulier du passé simple de faire. |
Where the eye mixes find and fis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: find vs fis
A purely visual mix-up. find (\fɪnt\) and fis (\fi\) 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 39146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
find is recorded at frequency rank #22,266, classified as averb, pronounced \fɪnt\. fis is at rank #16,880, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi\.
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 39146, this pair ranks #250,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of find vs fis
Shared letters: fi. Private to "find": dn. Private to "fis": s.
"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fis" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- find ← ffind · fidn · findd · finnd · fnid · ifnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "find" and "fis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "find" or "fis"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "find" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "find" and "fis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "find vs FIV". 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 #250,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.