pagevsPagodeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#850
“page” frequency rank
#36,519
“Pagode” frequency rank
37369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature page Pagode
Definition Face d’une feuille de papier, de parchemin, de vélin, servant à l’écriture ou à l’impression. Pagode.

Where the eye mixes page and Pagode

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. page runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Pagode's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
page
6 ch
Pagode

Visual trap between page and Pagode

A purely visual mix-up. page (\paʒ\) and Pagode (\paˈɡoːdeː\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

page is recorded at frequency rank #850, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʒ\. Pagode is at rank #36,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paˈɡoːdeː\.

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 37369, this pair ranks #262,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of page vs Pagode

Shared letters: aegp. Private to "page": -. Private to "Pagode": do.

"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Pagode" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • page ← apge · paeg · pagge · pgae · ppage
  • Pagode ← apgode · pagdoe · paggode · pagodde · pagoed · paogde · pgaode · ppagode

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "page" for "Pagode" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\paʒ\ versus \paˈɡoːdeː\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "page" vs "Pagode" - which ranks higher?
"page" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #850 in our French list, against #36,519 for "Pagode". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "page" and "Pagode" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "page" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pagode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "page" and "Pagode" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagne vs Pagode". 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 #262,964 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