Which to use
“paies” and “pliés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,619
- “paies” frequency rank
- #44,634
- “pliés” frequency rank
- 64253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paies | pliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de paie. | Pluriel de plié. |
Where the eye mixes paies and pliés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paies (CVVVC) and pliés (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: paies vs pliés
A purely visual mix-up. paies (\pɛ\) and pliés (\pli.je\) 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 64253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paies is recorded at frequency rank #19,619, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ\. pliés is at rank #44,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pli.je\.
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 64253, this pair ranks #77,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paies vs pliés
Shared letters: ips. Private to "paies": ae. Private to "pliés": lé.
"paies" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "pliés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paies ← apies · paeis · paiess · paise · piaes · ppaies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paies" and "pliés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "paies" or "pliés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "paies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paies" and "pliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pliés vs priée". 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 #77,945 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.