Which to use
“panel” and “pavé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,751
- “panel” frequency rank
- #10,549
- “pavé” frequency rank
- 25300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | panel | pavé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échantillon de population censé être représentatif d’une population globale, en matière d’habitudes de consommation. | Bloc, généralement cubique et fait de pierre dure (basalte, granit, grès, porphyre…), spécialement taillé pour confectionner une chaussée de route, de rue, ou d’un sol quelconque. |
Where the eye mixes panel and pavé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses panel with pavé
A purely visual mix-up. panel (\pa.nɛl\) and pavé (\pa.ve\) 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 25300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
panel is recorded at frequency rank #14,751, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.nɛl\. pavé is at rank #10,549, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ve\.
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 25300, this pair ranks #341,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of panel vs pavé
Shared letters: ap. Private to "panel": eln. Private to "pavé": vé.
"panel" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pavé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- panel ← apnel · paenl · panell · panle · pannel · pnael · ppanel
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "panel" for "pavé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "panel" vs "pavé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "panel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "panel" and "pavé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "panel vs parl". 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 #341,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.