Which to use
“fuse” and “fusent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,778
- “fuse” frequency rank
- #40,283
- “fusent” frequency rank
- 87061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuse | fusent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe fuser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fuser. |
Same sound, different letters: fuse vs fusent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. fuse runs 4 letters (CVCV) against fusent's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fuse vs fusent
This is the hard kind. fuse and fusent are pronounced identically (\fyz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fuse” sits inside “fusent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87061, 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\. fusent is at rank #40,283, tagged as averb, pronounced \fyz\.
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 87061, this pair ranks #8,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fuse vs fusent
Shared letters: efsu. Private to "fuse": -. Private to "fusent": nt.
"fuse" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fusent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fuse" and "fusent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fuse" vs "fusent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuse" and "fusent" 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 #8,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.