packagevspartageWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“package” and “partage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,463
“package” frequency rank
#1,450
“partage” frequency rank
27913
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature package partage
Definition Forfait, groupe de services offert avec un seul accord. Division de quelque chose en plusieurs portions.

Where the eye mixes package and partage

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
package
7 ch
partage

Why the eye confuses package with partage

A purely visual mix-up. package (\pa.kɛdʒ\) and partage (\paʁ.taʒ\) 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 27913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

package is recorded at frequency rank #26,463, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.kɛdʒ\. partage is at rank #1,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.taʒ\.

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 27913, this pair ranks #325,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of package vs partage

Shared letters: aegp. Private to "package": ck. Private to "partage": rt.

"package" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "partage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • packageapckage · pacakge · pacckage · packaeg · packagge · packgae · packkage · pakcage
  • partageaprtage · paratge · parrtage · partaeg · partagge · partgae · parttage · patrage

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "package" and "partage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\pa.kɛdʒ\ versus \paʁ.taʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "package" vs "partage" - which ranks higher?
"partage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,450 in our French list, against #26,463 for "package". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "package" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #325,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "package" and "partage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "package vs placage". 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 #325,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list