fusillervsfusillésConfusable pair

Quick tell: fusiller is a verb, fusillés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

8 ch
fusiller
8 ch
fusillés

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fusiller" is a verb and "fusillés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fusiller" or "fusillés"?
"fusillés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,043 in our French list, against #36,409 for "fusiller". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list