paniquéevspaniquerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: paniquée is a adjective, paniquer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“paniquée” is an adjective and “paniquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,614
“paniquée” frequency rank
#18,818
“paniquer” frequency rank
63432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature paniquée paniquer
Definition Féminin singulier de paniqué. Prendre peur, s'affoler.

Same sound, different letters: paniquée vs paniquer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

8 ch
paniquée
8 ch
paniquer

Homophone desk: paniquée vs paniquer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: paniquée and paniquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pa.ni.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

paniquée is recorded at frequency rank #44,614, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.ni.ke\. paniquer is at rank #18,818, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.ni.ke\.

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 63432, this pair ranks #81,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of paniquée vs paniquer

Shared letters: aeinpqu. Private to "paniquée": é. Private to "paniquer": r.

"paniquée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV  ·  "paniquer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • paniquerapniquer · painquer · paniqeur · paniqquer · paniquerr · paniqure · paniuqer · panniquer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "paniquée" for "paniquer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "paniquée" is an adjective and "paniquer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "paniquée" vs "paniquer" - which ranks higher?
"paniquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,818 in our French list, against #44,614 for "paniquée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "paniquée" / "paniquer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "paniquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paniquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "paniquée" and "paniquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paniquée vs punique". 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 #81,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list