Which to use
“fusée” and “fusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,665
- “fusée” frequency rank
- #15,887
- “fusées” frequency rank
- 25552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusée | fusées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quantité de fil qui est contenu sur un fuseau, quand la filasse est filée. | Pluriel de fusée. |
Same sound, different letters: fusée vs fusées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. fusée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against fusées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fusée / fusées
This is the hard kind. fusée and fusées are pronounced identically (\fy.ze\) 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) - “fusée” sits inside “fusées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusée is recorded at frequency rank #9,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.ze\. 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 25552, this pair ranks #340,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fusée vs fusées
Shared letters: efsué. Private to "fusée": -. Private to "fusées": -.
"fusée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "fusées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fusée" and "fusées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fusée" vs "fusées" - 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 "fusée" 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 #340,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusée" and "fusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figées vs fusées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #340,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.