Which to use
“pagne” and “patine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,435
- “pagne” frequency rank
- #30,301
- “patine” frequency rank
- 69736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagne | patine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux. | Vert-de-gris se formant sur les objets en cuivre ou en bronze. |
Where the eye mixes pagne and patine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pagne runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against patine's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pagne and patine
A purely visual mix-up. pagne (\paɲ\) and patine (\pa.tin\) 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 69736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pagne is recorded at frequency rank #39,435, classified as anoun, pronounced \paɲ\. patine is at rank #30,301, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tin\.
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 69736, this pair ranks #54,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pagne vs patine
Shared letters: aenp. Private to "pagne": g. Private to "patine": it.
"pagne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "patine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pagne" for "patine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pagne" or "patine"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pagne" and "patine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pagne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagne" and "patine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagne vs plaigne". 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 #54,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.