Which to use
“pace” and “pâque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,730
- “pace” frequency rank
- #31,666
- “pâque” frequency rank
- 62396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pace | pâque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pas. | Variante orthographique de Pâque. |
Where the eye mixes pace and pâque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. pace runs 4 letters (CVCV) against pâque's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pace with pâque
A purely visual mix-up. pace (\peɪs\) and pâque (\pɑk\) 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 62396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pace is recorded at frequency rank #30,730, classified as anoun, pronounced \peɪs\. pâque is at rank #31,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑk\.
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 62396, this pair ranks #87,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pace vs pâque
Shared letters: ep. Private to "pace": ac. Private to "pâque": quâ.
"pace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pâque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pace ← apce · pacce · paec · pcae · ppace
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pace" for "pâque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pace" vs "pâque" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pace" and "pâque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pâque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pace" and "pâque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pâque vs pasque". 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 #87,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.