Which to use
“paces” is a verb and “pêches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,583
- “paces” frequency rank
- #15,733
- “pêches” frequency rank
- 59316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paces | pêches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer. | Pluriel de pêche. |
Where the eye mixes paces and pêches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: paces is \ˈpa.θes\ while pêches is \pɛʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59316, 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\. pêches is at rank #15,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʃ\.
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 59316, this pair ranks #103,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paces vs pêches
Shared letters: ceps. Private to "paces": a. Private to "pêches": hê.
"paces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pêches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paces ← apces · pacces · pacess · pacse · paecs · pcaes · ppaces