Which to use
“humilie” is a verb and “humiliée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,366
- “humilie” frequency rank
- #26,400
- “humiliée” frequency rank
- 63766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humilie | humiliée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de humilier. | Féminin singulier de humilié. |
Where the eye mixes humilie and humiliée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humilie runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against humiliée's 8 (CVCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses humilie with humiliée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: humilie is ^((h muet))\y.mi.li\ while humiliée is \y.mi.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humilie is recorded at frequency rank #37,366, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\y.mi.li\. humiliée is at rank #26,400, tagged as anadj, pronounced \y.mi.lje\.
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 63766, this pair ranks #80,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of humilie vs humiliée
Shared letters: ehilmu. Private to "humilie": -. Private to "humiliée": é.
"humilie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "humiliée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- humilie ← hhumilie · hmuilie · huimlie · humiile · humilei · humillie · humliie · hummilie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "humilie" and "humiliée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "humilie" or "humiliée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "humilie" and "humiliée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "humilie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humiliée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humilie" and "humiliée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homélie vs humilie". 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 #80,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.