Which to use
“pages” is a noun and “pavées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,370
- “pages” frequency rank
- #41,952
- “pavées” frequency rank
- 43322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pages | pavées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de page. | Féminin pluriel de pavé. |
Where the eye mixes pages and pavées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pages vs pavées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pages is \paʒ\ while pavées is \pa.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43322, 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\. pavées is at rank #41,952, tagged as anadj, 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 43322, this pair ranks #218,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pages vs pavées
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "pages": g. Private to "pavées": vé.
"pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pavées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pages ← apges · paegs · pagess · pagges · pagse · pgaes · ppages
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pages" and "pavées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pages" or "pavées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pages" and "pavées" 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 "pavées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pages" and "pavées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs pavées". 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 #218,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.