Which to use
“pacte” and “pâque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,687
- “pacte” frequency rank
- #31,666
- “pâque” frequency rank
- 37353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacte | pâque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Convention accompagnée d’actes publics qui lui donnent un caractère d’une importance primordiale. | Variante orthographique de Pâque. |
Where the eye mixes pacte and pâque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. pacte (CVCCV) and pâque (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between pacte and pâque
A purely visual mix-up. pacte (\pakt\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pacte is recorded at frequency rank #5,687, classified as anoun, pronounced \pakt\. 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 37353, this pair ranks #263,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pacte vs pâque
Shared letters: ep. Private to "pacte": act. Private to "pâque": quâ.
"pacte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pâque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pacte ← apcte · paccte · pacet · pactte · patce · pcate · ppacte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacte" for "pâque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pacte" vs "pâque" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pacte" and "pâque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pacte" 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 #263,069 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacte" 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 #263,069 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.