Which to use
“furet” and “fusée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,567
- “furet” frequency rank
- #9,665
- “fusée” frequency rank
- 38232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | furet | fusée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit carnivore de la famille des mustélidés, forme domestique (Mustela putorius furo) du putois (Mustela putorius putorius). | Quantité de fil qui est contenu sur un fuseau, quand la filasse est filée. |
Where the eye mixes furet and fusée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. furet (CVCVC) and fusée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between furet and fusée
A purely visual mix-up. furet (\fy.ʁɛ\) and fusée (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
furet is recorded at frequency rank #28,567, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.ʁɛ\. fusée is at rank #9,665, 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 38232, this pair ranks #256,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of furet vs fusée
Shared letters: efu. Private to "furet": rt. Private to "fusée": sé.
"furet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fusée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- furet ← ffuret · fruet · fuert · furett · furret · furte · ufret
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "furet" for "fusée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "furet" or "fusée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "furet" and "fusée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "furet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "furet" and "fusée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "furet vs fuse". 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 #256,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.