Which to use
“fragilise” and “fragiliser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,297
- “fragilise” frequency rank
- #42,888
- “fragiliser” frequency rank
- 84185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fragilise | fragiliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de fragiliser. | Rendre fragile. |
Where the eye mixes fragilise and fragiliser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. fragilise runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against fragiliser's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fragilise with fragiliser
A purely visual mix-up. fragilise (\fʁa.ʒi.liz\) and fragiliser (\fʁa.ʒi.li.ze\) 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 extra letter(s) - “fragilise” sits inside “fragiliser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fragilise is recorded at frequency rank #41,297, classified as averb, pronounced \fʁa.ʒi.liz\. fragiliser is at rank #42,888, tagged as averb, pronounced \fʁa.ʒi.li.ze\.
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 84185, this pair ranks #13,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fragilise vs fragiliser
Shared letters: aefgilrs. Private to "fragilise": -. Private to "fragiliser": -.
"fragilise" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "fragiliser" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fragilise ← fargilise · ffragilise · fraggilise · fragiilse · fragilies · fragilisse · fragillise · fragilsie
- fragiliser ← fargiliser · ffragiliser · fraggiliser · fragiilser · fragiliesr · fragiliserr · fragilisre · fragilisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fragilise" and "fragiliser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fragilise" vs "fragiliser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fragilise" and "fragiliser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fragilise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fragiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fragilise" and "fragiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fragiliser vs fragilité". 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 #13,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.