Which to use
“séisme” and “sexisme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,140
- “séisme” frequency rank
- #14,797
- “sexisme” frequency rank
- 25937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | séisme | sexisme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite de secousses qui affecte, avec plus ou moins de force, la surface de la terre ou les fonds marins, et qui résulte de la propagation d'ondes provenant notamment du mouvement en profondeur des plaques de l'écorce terrestre. | Attitude, acte ou parole discriminatoire, fondé sur des stéréotypes ou des préjugés liés au sexe ou au genre, visant à maintenir ou justifier une hiérarchie entre les individus. |
Where the eye mixes séisme and sexisme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: séisme vs sexisme
A purely visual mix-up. séisme (\se.ism\) and sexisme (\sɛk.sism\) 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 25937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
séisme is recorded at frequency rank #11,140, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.ism\. sexisme is at rank #14,797, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛk.sism\.
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 25937, this pair ranks #338,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of séisme vs sexisme
Shared letters: eims. Private to "séisme": é. Private to "sexisme": x.
"séisme" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "sexisme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sexisme ← esxisme · seixsme · seximse · sexisem · sexismme · sexissme · sexsime · sexxisme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "séisme" for "sexisme" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "séisme" or "sexisme" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "séisme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sexisme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "séisme" and "sexisme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sadisme vs sexisme". 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 #338,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.