Which to use
“flemme” and “fleuve” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,327
- “flemme” frequency rank
- #3,679
- “fleuve” frequency rank
- 14006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flemme | fleuve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Envie de ne rien faire. | Cours d’eau qui se jette généralement dans la mer ou dans l’océan à son embouchure. |
Where the eye mixes flemme and fleuve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flemme (CCVCCV) and fleuve (CCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between flemme and fleuve
A purely visual mix-up. flemme (\flɛm\) and fleuve (\flœv\) 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 14006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flemme is recorded at frequency rank #10,327, classified as anoun, pronounced \flɛm\. fleuve is at rank #3,679, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flœv\.
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 14006, this pair ranks #398,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of flemme vs fleuve
Shared letters: efl. Private to "flemme": m. Private to "fleuve": uv.
"flemme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "fleuve" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flemme" for "fleuve" ever safe?
Which is more common, "flemme" or "fleuve"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "flemme" and "fleuve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flemme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fleuve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flemme" and "fleuve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flame vs flemme". 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 #398,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.