Which to use
“Paravent” is a noun and “privent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,965
- “Paravent” frequency rank
- #35,216
- “privent” frequency rank
- 73181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Paravent | privent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paravent. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de priver. |
Letter map: Paravent vs privent
Shared letters muted; letters that set Paravent and privent apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Paravent runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against privent's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Paravent / privent
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Paravent is anoun and priventaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Paravent is recorded at frequency rank #37,965, classified as anoun. privent is at rank #35,216, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁiv\.
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 73181, this pair ranks #41,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Paravent vs privent
Shared letters: enprtv. Private to "Paravent": a. Private to "privent": i.
"Paravent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "privent" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Paravent" for "privent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Paravent" or "privent"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Paravent" and "privent".
- Full dictionary entry for "Paravent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "privent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Paravent" and "privent" 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 #41,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.