Which to use
“fumées” is an adjective and “fumeuse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,758
- “fumées” frequency rank
- #43,955
- “fumeuse” frequency rank
- 62713
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fumées | fumeuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de fumé. | Femme qui fume du tabac ou d’autres substances psychoactives. |
Where the eye mixes fumées and fumeuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fumées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against fumeuse's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fumées and fumeuse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fumées is \fy.me\ while fumeuse is \fy.møz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fumées is recorded at frequency rank #18,758, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.me\. fumeuse is at rank #43,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.møz\.
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 62713, this pair ranks #85,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fumées vs fumeuse
Shared letters: efmsu. Private to "fumées": é. Private to "fumeuse": -.
"fumées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "fumeuse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fumeuse ← ffumeuse · fmueuse · fuemuse · fumesue · fumeues · fumeusse · fummeuse · fumuese
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fumées" for "fumeuse" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fumées" or "fumeuse" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fumées" and "fumeuse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fumées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fumeuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fumées" and "fumeuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fumées". 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 #85,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.