Which to use
“page” and “pogo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #850
- “page” frequency rank
- #48,112
- “pogo” frequency rank
- 48962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | page | pogo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Face d’une feuille de papier, de parchemin, de vélin, servant à l’écriture ou à l’impression. | Danse et bousculade lors de concerts de rock où tout le monde saute et se pousse les uns contre les autres. |
Where the eye mixes page and pogo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. page and pogo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses page with pogo
A purely visual mix-up. page (\paʒ\) and pogo (\po.ɡo\) 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 48962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
page is recorded at frequency rank #850, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʒ\. pogo is at rank #48,112, tagged as anoun, pronounced \po.ɡo\.
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 48962, this pair ranks #174,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of page vs pogo
Shared letters: gp. Private to "page": ae. Private to "pogo": o.
"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "page" for "pogo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "page" or "pogo"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "page" and "pogo" 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 "pogo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,631 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "page" and "pogo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pio vs pogo". 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 #174,631 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.