Which to use
“fusibles” is an adjective and “fusillés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,304
- “fusibles” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 69347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusibles | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fusible. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Where the eye mixes fusibles and fusillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fusibles and fusillés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: fusibles vs fusillés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fusibles is \fy.zibl\ while fusillés is \fy.zi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusibles is recorded at frequency rank #38,304, 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 69347, this pair ranks #55,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fusibles vs fusillés
Shared letters: filsu. Private to "fusibles": be. Private to "fusillés": é.
"fusibles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fusibles ← ffusibles · fsuibles · fuisbles · fusbiles · fusibbles · fusibels · fusibless · fusiblles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fusibles" and "fusillés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fusibles" or "fusillés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fusibles" 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 #55,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusibles" 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 #55,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.