Which to use
“paraisse” and “paraissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,760
- “paraisse” frequency rank
- #9,360
- “paraissent” frequency rank
- 35120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paraisse | paraissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de paraître (ou paraitre). | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de paraître (ou paraitre). |
Same sound, different letters: paraisse vs paraissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. paraisse runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against paraissent's 10 (CVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - paraisse and paraissent
This is the hard kind. paraisse and paraissent are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁɛs\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “paraisse” sits inside “paraissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paraisse is recorded at frequency rank #25,760, classified as averb, pronounced \pa.ʁɛs\. paraissent is at rank #9,360, tagged as averb, pronounced \pa.ʁɛs\.
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 35120, this pair ranks #279,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paraisse vs paraissent
Shared letters: aeiprs. Private to "paraisse": -. Private to "paraissent": nt.
"paraisse" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "paraissent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paraisse ← apraisse · paarisse · paraise · paraises · parasise · pariasse · parraisse · pparaisse
- paraissent ← apraissent · paarissent · paraisent · paraisesnt · paraissennt · paraissentt · paraissetn · paraissnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paraisse" and "paraissent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "paraisse" vs "paraissent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "paraisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paraissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paraisse" and "paraissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paraissent vs périssent". 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 #279,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.