Which to use
“paiements” and “payement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,748
- “paiements” frequency rank
- #33,395
- “payement” frequency rank
- 42143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paiements | payement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de paiement. | Variante orthographique de paiement. |
Same sound, different letters: paiements vs payement
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. paiements runs 9 letters (CVVVCVCCC) against payement's 8 (CVVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: paiements vs payement
This is the hard kind. paiements and payement 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paiements is recorded at frequency rank #8,748, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.mɑ̃\. payement is at rank #33,395, 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 42143, this pair ranks #227,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paiements vs payement
Shared letters: aemnpt. Private to "paiements": is. Private to "payement": y.
"paiements" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCVCCC · "payement" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paiements" for "payement" ever safe?
Which is more common, "paiements" or "payement"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "paiements" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "payement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paiements" and "payement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parement vs payement". 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 #227,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.