Which to use
“pacte” and “paye” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,687
- “pacte” frequency rank
- #3,028
- “paye” frequency rank
- 8715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacte | paye |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Convention accompagnée d’actes publics qui lui donnent un caractère d’une importance primordiale. | Salaire ou rémunération d’un travail. |
Where the eye mixes pacte and paye
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pacte vs paye
A purely visual mix-up. pacte (\pakt\) and paye (\pɛj\) 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 8715, 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\. paye is at rank #3,028, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛj\.
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 8715, this pair ranks #419,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pacte vs paye
Shared letters: aep. Private to "pacte": ct. Private to "paye": y.
"pacte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "paye" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacte" for "paye" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pacte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacte" and "paye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacte vs pactes". 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 #419,082 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.