Which to use
“paisible” and “passable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,043
- “paisible” frequency rank
- #41,950
- “passable” frequency rank
- 51993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paisible | passable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui inspire un sentiment de paix, de tranquillité. | Qui peut passer, qui peut être admis, comme n’étant pas mauvais dans son genre. |
Where the eye mixes paisible and passable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: paisible vs passable
A purely visual mix-up. paisible (\pe.zibl\) and passable (\pa.sabl\) 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 51993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paisible is recorded at frequency rank #10,043, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.zibl\. passable is at rank #41,950, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.sabl\.
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 51993, this pair ranks #150,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paisible vs passable
Shared letters: abelps. Private to "paisible": i. Private to "passable": -.
"paisible" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "passable" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paisible" and "passable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "paisible" or "passable" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "paisible" and "passable" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paisible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paisible" and "passable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passable vs payable". 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 #150,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.