Which to use
“fuites” and “fusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,163
- “fuites” frequency rank
- #15,887
- “fusées” frequency rank
- 28050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuites | fusées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fuite. | Pluriel de fusée. |
Where the eye mixes fuites and fusées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fuites vs fusées
A purely visual mix-up. fuites (\fɥit\) and fusées (\fy.ze\) 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 28050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fuites is recorded at frequency rank #12,163, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɥit\. fusées is at rank #15,887, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.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 28050, this pair ranks #325,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fuites vs fusées
Shared letters: efsu. Private to "fuites": it. Private to "fusées": é.
"fuites" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "fusées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fuites ← ffuites · fiutes · fuiets · fuitess · fuitse · fuittes · futies · ufites
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fuites" for "fusées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fuites" or "fusées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuites" and "fusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fusées". 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 #325,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.