Which to use
“pages” and “pass” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,370
- “pages” frequency rank
- #9,211
- “pass” frequency rank
- 10581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pages | pass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de page. | Passe, carte d’abonnement (pour les transports en commun, les musées, etc). |
Where the eye mixes pages and pass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pages vs pass
A purely visual mix-up. pages (\paʒ\) and pass (\pas\) 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 10581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pages is recorded at frequency rank #1,370, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʒ\. pass is at rank #9,211, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pas\.
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 10581, this pair ranks #412,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pages vs pass
Shared letters: aps. Private to "pages": eg. Private to "pass": -.
"pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pages" for "pass" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pages" vs "pass" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pages" and "pass" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pages" and "pass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pass vs peso". 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 #412,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.