Which to use
“humiliée” is an adjective and “humilier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,400
- “humiliée” frequency rank
- #14,281
- “humilier” frequency rank
- 40681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humiliée | humilier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de humilié. | Abaisser en rendant plein d’humilité. |
Same sound, different letters: humiliée vs humilier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. humiliée (CVCVCVVV) and humilier (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - humiliée and humilier
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: humiliée and humilier carry the same recorded pronunciation, \y.mi.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 40681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humiliée is recorded at frequency rank #26,400, classified as anadj, pronounced \y.mi.lje\. humilier is at rank #14,281, tagged as averb, 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 40681, this pair ranks #238,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of humiliée vs humilier
Shared letters: ehilmu. Private to "humiliée": é. Private to "humilier": r.
"humiliée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "humilier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- humilier ← hhumilier · hmuilier · huimlier · humiiler · humileir · humilierr · humilire · humillier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "humiliée" and "humilier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "humiliée" vs "humilier" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"humiliée" and "humilier" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "humiliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humilier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humiliée" and "humilier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humilie vs humiliée". 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 #238,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.