Which to use
“fuse” and “fuyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,778
- “fuse” frequency rank
- #30,620
- “fuyez” frequency rank
- 77398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuse | fuyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe fuser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fuir. |
Where the eye mixes fuse and fuyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fuse runs 4 letters (CVCV) against fuyez's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fuse with fuyez
A purely visual mix-up. fuse (\fyz\) and fuyez (\fɥi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77398, 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\. fuyez is at rank #30,620, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɥi.je\.
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 77398, this pair ranks #28,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fuse vs fuyez
Shared letters: efu. Private to "fuse": s. Private to "fuyez": yz.
"fuse" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "fuyez" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fuse" and "fuyez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fuse" vs "fuyez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fuse" and "fuyez" 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 "fuyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuse" and "fuyez" 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 #28,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.