Which to use
“fuis” and “fumais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,680
- “fuis” frequency rank
- #44,470
- “fumais” frequency rank
- 59150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuis | fumais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de fuir. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fumer. |
Where the eye mixes fuis and fumais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fuis runs 4 letters (CVVC) against fumais's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fuis vs fumais
A purely visual mix-up. fuis (\fɥi\) and fumais (\fy.mɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fuis is recorded at frequency rank #14,680, classified as averb, pronounced \fɥi\. fumais is at rank #44,470, tagged as averb, pronounced \fy.mɛ\.
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 59150, this pair ranks #104,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fuis vs fumais
Shared letters: fisu. Private to "fuis": -. Private to "fumais": am.
"fuis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fumais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fuis" and "fumais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fuis" or "fumais" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fuis" and "fumais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fumais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuis" and "fumais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fumais vs fuyait". 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 #104,768 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.