Which to use
“paces” and “parus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,583
- “paces” frequency rank
- #17,505
- “parus” frequency rank
- 61088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paces | parus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de paraître. |
Where the eye mixes paces and parus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paces and parus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: paces vs parus
A purely visual mix-up. paces (\ˈpa.θes\) and parus (\pa.ʁy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paces is recorded at frequency rank #43,583, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈpa.θes\. parus is at rank #17,505, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.ʁy\.
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 61088, this pair ranks #94,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paces vs parus
Shared letters: aps. Private to "paces": ce. Private to "parus": ru.
"paces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "parus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paces" and "parus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "paces" or "parus" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "paces" and "parus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paces" and "parus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paces vs palaces". 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 #94,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.