Which to use
“pages” and “pavé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,370
- “pages” frequency rank
- #10,549
- “pavé” frequency rank
- 11919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pages | pavé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de page. | Bloc, généralement cubique et fait de pierre dure (basalte, granit, grès, porphyre…), spécialement taillé pour confectionner une chaussée de route, de rue, ou d’un sol quelconque. |
Where the eye mixes pages and pavé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pages and pavé
A purely visual mix-up. pages (\paʒ\) and pavé (\pa.ve\) 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 11919, 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\. pavé is at rank #10,549, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ve\.
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 11919, this pair ranks #407,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pages vs pavé
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pages": egs. Private to "pavé": vé.
"pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pavé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pages ← apges · paegs · pagess · pagges · pagse · pgaes · ppages
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pages" and "pavé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pages" vs "pavé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pages" and "pavé" 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 "pavé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pages" and "pavé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parl vs pavé". 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 #407,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.