Which to use
“fusiliers” and “fusillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,472
- “fusiliers” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 75515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusiliers | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fusilier. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Where the eye mixes fusiliers and fusillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fusiliers runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCC) against fusillés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fusiliers and fusillés
A purely visual mix-up. fusiliers (\fy.zi.lje\) and fusillés (\fy.zi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75515, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusiliers is recorded at frequency rank #44,472, classified as anoun, pronounced \fy.zi.lje\. 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 75515, this pair ranks #33,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fusiliers vs fusillés
Shared letters: filsu. Private to "fusiliers": er. Private to "fusillés": é.
"fusiliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fusiliers ← ffusiliers · fsuiliers · fuisliers · fusiilers · fusileirs · fusilierrs · fusilierss · fusiliesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fusiliers" and "fusillés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "fusiliers" or "fusillés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fusiliers" 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 #33,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusiliers" and "fusillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusiliers vs fusiller". 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 #33,835 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.