Which to use
“parages” and “passages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,930
- “parages” frequency rank
- #4,698
- “passages” frequency rank
- 24628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parages | passages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Région maritime. | Pluriel de passage. |
Where the eye mixes parages and passages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. parages runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against passages's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between parages and passages
A purely visual mix-up. parages (\pa.ʁaʒ\) and passages (\pɑ.saːʒ\) 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 24628, 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\. passages is at rank #4,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑ.saːʒ\.
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 24628, this pair ranks #345,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parages vs passages
Shared letters: aegps. Private to "parages": r. Private to "passages": -.
"parages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "passages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parages" and "passages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "parages" or "passages" show up more?
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 "parages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parages" and "passages" 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 #345,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.