Which to use
“Paravent” and “parement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,965
- “Paravent” frequency rank
- #36,988
- “parement” frequency rank
- 74953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Paravent | parement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paravent. | Morceau d’étoffe riche ou voyant ornant un vêtement ou le devant d’un autel. |
Letter map: Paravent vs parement
Shared letters muted; letters that set Paravent and parement apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Paravent and parement follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - Paravent / parement
Paravent and parement are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Paravent is recorded at frequency rank #37,965, classified as anoun. parement is at rank #36,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 74953, this pair ranks #35,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Paravent vs parement
Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "Paravent": v. Private to "parement": m.
"Paravent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "parement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Paravent" and "parement" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Paravent" or "parement" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Paravent" and "parement".
- Full dictionary entry for "Paravent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Paravent" and "parement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Parapet vs Paravent". 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 #35,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.