Which to use
“fusible” is an adjective and “fusillés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,365
- “fusible” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 60408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusible | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut être fondu ou liquéfié. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Where the eye mixes fusible and fusillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fusible runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against fusillés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fusible with fusillés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fusible is \fy.zibl\ while fusillés is \fy.zi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusible is recorded at frequency rank #29,365, classified as anadj, pronounced \fy.zibl\. fusillés is at rank #31,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi.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 60408, this pair ranks #97,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fusible vs fusillés
Shared letters: filsu. Private to "fusible": be. Private to "fusillés": é.
"fusible" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fusible ← ffusible · fsuible · fuisble · fusbile · fusibble · fusibel · fusiblle · fusilbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fusible" and "fusillés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fusible" or "fusillés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fusible" and "fusillés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fusible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusible" and "fusillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusiliers vs fusillés". 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 #97,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.