Which to use
“parages” is a noun and “partagés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,930
- “parages” frequency rank
- #11,268
- “partagés” frequency rank
- 31198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parages | partagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Région maritime. | Masculin pluriel de partagé. |
Where the eye mixes parages and partagés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. parages runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against partagés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between parages and partagés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parages is \pa.ʁaʒ\ while partagés is \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parages is recorded at frequency rank #19,930, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁaʒ\. partagés is at rank #11,268, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\.
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 31198, this pair ranks #305,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parages vs partagés
Shared letters: agprs. Private to "parages": e. Private to "partagés": té.
"parages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "partagés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parages ← aprages · paarges · paraegs · paragess · paragges · paragse · pargaes · parrages
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parages" and "partagés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "parages" vs "partagés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "parages" and "partagés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parages" and "partagés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palaces vs parages". 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 #305,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.