Which to use
“fumées” is an adjective and “fumez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,758
- “fumées” frequency rank
- #32,824
- “fumez” frequency rank
- 51582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fumées | fumez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de fumé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fumer. |
Same sound, different letters: fumées vs fumez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. fumées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against fumez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fumées and fumez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fumées and fumez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fy.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51582, 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\. fumez is at rank #32,824, tagged as averb, pronounced \fy.me\.
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 51582, this pair ranks #153,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fumées vs fumez
Shared letters: efmu. Private to "fumées": sé. Private to "fumez": z.
"fumées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "fumez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fumez ← ffumez · fmuez · fuemz · fumezz · fummez · fumze · ufmez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fumées" and "fumez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fumées" vs "fumez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fumées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fumez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fumées" and "fumez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filez vs fumez". 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 #153,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.