FuentesvsfuitesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Fuentes is a name, fuites is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Fuentes” is a name and “fuites” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,894
“Fuentes” frequency rank
#12,163
“fuites” frequency rank
55057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fuentes fuites
Definition Nom de famille. Pluriel de fuite.

Letter map: Fuentes vs fuites

Shared letters muted; letters that set Fuentes and fuites apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Fuentes runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against fuites's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Fuentes
6 ch
fuites

Part-of-speech tell for Fuentes / fuites

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fuentes is aname and fuitesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fuentes is recorded at frequency rank #42,894, classified as aname. fuites is at rank #12,163, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɥit\.

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 55057, this pair ranks #129,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Fuentes vs fuites

Shared letters: efstu. Private to "Fuentes": n. Private to "fuites": i.

"Fuentes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "fuites" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fuentesfeuntes · ffuentes · fuenets · fuenntes · fuentess · fuentse · fuenttes · fuetnes
  • fuitesffuites · fiutes · fuiets · fuitess · fuitse · fuittes · futies · ufites

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Fuentes" for "fuites" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fuentes" is a name and "fuites" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Fuentes" or "fuites" show up more?
"fuites" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,163 in our French list, against #42,894 for "Fuentes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Fuentes" and "fuites".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fuentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fuites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fuentes" and "fuites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fontes vs Fuentes". 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 #129,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list