Which to use
“paiement” and “paiements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,944
- “paiement” frequency rank
- #8,748
- “paiements” frequency rank
- 11692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paiement | paiements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui se donne pour acquitter une dette. | Pluriel de paiement. |
Same sound, different letters: paiement vs paiements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. paiement runs 8 letters (CVVVCVCC) against paiements's 9 (CVVVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: paiement vs paiements
This is the hard kind. paiement and paiements are pronounced identically (\pɛ.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “paiement” sits inside “paiements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paiement is recorded at frequency rank #2,944, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.mɑ̃\. paiements is at rank #8,748, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.mɑ̃\.
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 11692, this pair ranks #408,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of paiement vs paiements
Shared letters: aeimnpt. Private to "paiement": -. Private to "paiements": s.
"paiement" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC · "paiements" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paiement" and "paiements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "paiement" vs "paiements" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "paiement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paiements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paiement" and "paiements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paiements vs parement". 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 #408,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.