Which to use
“palais” and “plaie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,670
- “palais” frequency rank
- #9,055
- “plaie” frequency rank
- 10725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palais | plaie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroi supérieure qui sépare la fosse nasale de la bouche, chez les êtres humains. | Lésion du corps provenant soit d’une blessure sanglante ou d’une contusion, soit d’un accident physiologique. |
Where the eye mixes palais and plaie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: palais vs plaie
A purely visual mix-up. palais (\pa.lɛ\) and plaie (\plɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palais is recorded at frequency rank #1,670, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.lɛ\. plaie is at rank #9,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \plɛ\.
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 10725, this pair ranks #411,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of palais vs plaie
Shared letters: ailp. Private to "palais": s. Private to "plaie": e.
"palais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "plaie" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "palais" and "plaie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "palais" or "plaie"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "palais" and "plaie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "palais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plaie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palais" and "plaie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plaie 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 #411,874 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.