Which to use
“padre” and “pègre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,820
- “padre” frequency rank
- #41,988
- “pègre” frequency rank
- 68808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | padre | pègre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aumônier militaire. | Catégorie des gens sans aveu qui vivent de friponnerie ou d’escroquerie. |
Where the eye mixes padre and pègre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. padre and pègre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: padre vs pègre
A purely visual mix-up. padre (\pa.dʁe\) and pègre (\pɛɡʁ\) 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 68808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
padre is recorded at frequency rank #26,820, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.dʁe\. pègre is at rank #41,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛɡʁ\.
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 68808, this pair ranks #57,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of padre vs pègre
Shared letters: epr. Private to "padre": ad. Private to "pègre": gè.
"padre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pègre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- padre ← apdre · paddre · pader · padrre · parde · pdare · ppadre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "padre" and "pègre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "padre" vs "pègre" - which ranks higher?
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 "padre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pègre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "padre" and "pègre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pègre vs Perl". 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 #57,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.