fuséevsfuséesTell them apart

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.

5 ch
fusée
6 ch
fusées

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\fy.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "fusée" vs "fusées" - which ranks higher?
"fusée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,665 in our French list, against #15,887 for "fusées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list