Which to use
“panse” and “pâque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,987
- “panse” frequency rank
- #31,666
- “pâque” frequency rank
- 68653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | panse | pâque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ventre. | Variante orthographique de Pâque. |
Where the eye mixes panse and pâque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. panse (CVCCV) and pâque (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: panse vs pâque
A purely visual mix-up. panse (\pɑ̃s\) and pâque (\pɑk\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
panse is recorded at frequency rank #36,987, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɑ̃s\. pâque is at rank #31,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑk\.
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 68653, this pair ranks #58,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of panse vs pâque
Shared letters: ep. Private to "panse": ans. Private to "pâque": quâ.
"panse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pâque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- panse ← apnse · pansse · pasne · pnase · ppanse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "panse" for "pâque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "panse" vs "pâque" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "panse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pâque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "panse" and "pâque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "panse vs Panzer". 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 #58,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.