Which to use
“fuse” is a verb and “fusée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,778
- “fuse” frequency rank
- #9,665
- “fusée” frequency rank
- 56443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuse | fusée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe fuser. | Quantité de fil qui est contenu sur un fuseau, quand la filasse est filée. |
Where the eye mixes fuse and fusée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fuse runs 4 letters (CVCV) against fusée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fuse with fusée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fuse is \fyz\ while fusée is \fy.ze\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fuse is recorded at frequency rank #46,778, classified as averb, pronounced \fyz\. 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 56443, this pair ranks #121,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fuse vs fusée
Shared letters: efsu. Private to "fuse": -. Private to "fusée": é.
"fuse" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fusée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fuse ← ffuse · fsue · fues · fusse · ufse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fuse" and "fusée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fuse" vs "fusée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fuse" and "fusée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuse" 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 #121,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuse" and "fusée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee 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 #121,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.