Which to use
“fusil” and “fusils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,661
- “fusil” frequency rank
- #10,329
- “fusils” frequency rank
- 15990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusil | fusils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite pièce d’acier avec laquelle on battait un silex pour en tirer du feu. | Pluriel de fusil. |
Same sound, different letters: fusil vs fusils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - fusil and fusils
This is the hard kind. fusil and fusils are pronounced identically (\fy.zi\) 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) - “fusil” sits inside “fusils”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusil is recorded at frequency rank #5,661, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi\. fusils is at rank #10,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi\.
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 15990, this pair ranks #389,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fusil vs fusils
Shared letters: filsu. Private to "fusil": -. Private to "fusils": -.
"fusil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fusils" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fusil" and "fusils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fusil" vs "fusils" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "fusil" / "fusils". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "fusil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fusils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusil" and "fusils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fuse vs fusil". 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 #389,906 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.