Which to use
“fleuri” is an adjective and “Fleury” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,449
- “fleuri” frequency rank
- #11,411
- “Fleury” frequency rank
- 31860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fleuri | Fleury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est couvert de fleurs. | Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne. |
Same sound, different letters: fleuri vs Fleury
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: fleuri vs Fleury
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fleuri and Fleury carry the same recorded pronunciation, \flœ.ʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other aname, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - i in “fleuri” becomes y in “Fleury”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fleuri is recorded at frequency rank #20,449, classified as anadj, pronounced \flœ.ʁi\. Fleury is at rank #11,411, tagged as aname, pronounced \flœ.ʁi\.
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 31860, this pair ranks #301,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fleuri vs Fleury
Shared letters: eflru. Private to "fleuri": i. Private to "Fleury": y.
"fleuri" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "Fleury" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fleuri" for "Fleury" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fleuri" or "Fleury"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fleuri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Fleury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,091 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fleuri" and "Fleury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fleuri vs flour". 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 #301,091 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.