Which to use
“fuseau” and “fuseaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,818
- “fuseau” frequency rank
- #39,310
- “fuseaux” frequency rank
- 67128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuseau | fuseaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite tige de bois renflée en son milieu, pointu à un bout et arrondi à l’autre et dont on se sert pour filer à la quenouille et tordre le fil, afin de le rouler à mesure qu’il se forme. | Pluriel de fuseau. |
Same sound, different letters: fuseau vs fuseaux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. fuseau runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against fuseaux's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fuseau / fuseaux
This is the hard kind. fuseau and fuseaux are pronounced identically (\fy.zo\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fuseau” sits inside “fuseaux”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fuseau is recorded at frequency rank #27,818, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.zo\. fuseaux is at rank #39,310, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.zo\.
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 67128, this pair ranks #64,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fuseau vs fuseaux
Shared letters: aefsu. Private to "fuseau": -. Private to "fuseaux": x.
"fuseau" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "fuseaux" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fuseau" and "fuseaux" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fuseau" or "fuseaux"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "fuseau" / "fuseaux". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuseau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fuseaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuseau" and "fuseaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fléaux vs fuseaux". 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 #64,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.