Which to use
“homélie” is a noun and “humilie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,987
- “homélie” frequency rank
- #37,366
- “humilie” frequency rank
- 73353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homélie | humilie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Discours expliquant les matières de la religion, et principalement l’évangile, en particulier après la lecture de l’évangile. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de humilier. |
Where the eye mixes homélie and humilie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. homélie and humilie follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: homélie vs humilie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: homélie is ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\ while humilie is ^((h muet))\y.mi.li\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homélie is recorded at frequency rank #35,987, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\. humilie is at rank #37,366, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\y.mi.li\.
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 73353, this pair ranks #40,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of homélie vs humilie
Shared letters: ehilm. Private to "homélie": oé. Private to "humilie": u.
"homélie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "humilie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- humilie ← hhumilie · hmuilie · huimlie · humiile · humilei · humillie · humliie · hummilie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "homélie" and "humilie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "homélie" or "humilie"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "homélie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humilie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homélie" and "humilie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hamelin vs homélie". 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 #40,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.