Which to use
“pagne” and “pègre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,435
- “pagne” frequency rank
- #41,988
- “pègre” frequency rank
- 81423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagne | pègre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux. | Catégorie des gens sans aveu qui vivent de friponnerie ou d’escroquerie. |
Where the eye mixes pagne and pègre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pagne and pègre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pagne vs pègre
A purely visual mix-up. pagne (\paɲ\) and pègre (\pɛɡʁ\) 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 81423, 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\. pègre is at rank #41,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛɡʁ\.
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 81423, this pair ranks #18,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pagne vs pègre
Shared letters: egp. Private to "pagne": an. Private to "pègre": rè.
"pagne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pègre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pagne ← apgne · pagen · paggne · pagnne · pange · pgane · ppagne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pagne" and "pègre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pagne" or "pègre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pagne" and "pègre" 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 "pègre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagne" and "pègre" 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 #18,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.