Which to use
“scierie” and “sciure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,345
- “scierie” frequency rank
- #46,442
- “sciure” frequency rank
- 74787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scierie | sciure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Usine où des scies, mises en mouvement par quelque agent naturel ou mécanique, scient en long la pierre, le bois, le marbre, etc. | Parcelles qui tombent du bois ou de toute autre matière dure que l’on scie. |
Where the eye mixes scierie and sciure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses scierie with sciure
A purely visual mix-up. scierie (\si.ʁi\) and sciure (\sjyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scierie is recorded at frequency rank #28,345, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ʁi\. sciure is at rank #46,442, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sjyʁ\.
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 74787, this pair ranks #36,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of scierie vs sciure
Shared letters: ceirs. Private to "scierie": -. Private to "sciure": u.
"scierie" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "sciure" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "scierie" for "sciure" ever safe?
Which is more common, "scierie" or "sciure"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "scierie" and "sciure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "scierie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sciure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scierie" and "sciure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scindé vs sciure". 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 #36,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.