Which to use
“fuseau” and “fusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,818
- “fuseau” frequency rank
- #15,887
- “fusées” frequency rank
- 43705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fuseau | fusées |
|---|---|---|
| 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 fusée. |
Where the eye mixes fuseau and fusées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fuseau (CVCVVV) and fusées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fuseau vs fusées
A purely visual mix-up. fuseau (\fy.zo\) and fusées (\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 43705, 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\. fusées is at rank #15,887, 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 43705, this pair ranks #216,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fuseau vs fusées
Shared letters: efsu. Private to "fuseau": a. Private to "fusées": é.
"fuseau" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "fusées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fuseau ← ffuseau · fsueau · fuesau · fusaeu · fuseua · fusseau · ufseau
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fuseau" and "fusées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fuseau" or "fusées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fuseau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fuseau" and "fusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fuse vs fuseau". 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 #216,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.