Which to use
“fusiller” is a verb and “fusillés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,409
- “fusiller” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “fusillés” frequency rank
- 67452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusiller | fusillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tuer à coups de fusil. | Pluriel de fusillé. |
Same sound, different letters: fusiller vs fusillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. fusiller and fusillés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - fusiller and fusillés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: fusiller and fusillés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fy.zi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusiller is recorded at frequency rank #36,409, classified as averb, pronounced \fy.zi.je\. 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 67452, this pair ranks #63,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fusiller vs fusillés
Shared letters: filsu. Private to "fusiller": er. Private to "fusillés": é.
"fusiller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "fusillés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fusiller ← ffusiller · fsuiller · fuisller · fusilelr · fusiler · fusillerr · fusillre · fusliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fusiller" and "fusillés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fusiller" or "fusillés"?
Useful next steps
"fusiller" and "fusillés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fusiller" 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 #63,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusiller" 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 #63,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.