Which to use
“parée” and “pores” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,632
- “parée” frequency rank
- #25,082
- “pores” frequency rank
- 60714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parée | pores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie d'un fourneau de forge. | Pluriel de pore. |
Where the eye mixes parée and pores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. parée (CVCVV) and pores (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: parée vs pores
A purely visual mix-up. parée (\pa.ʁe\) and pores (\pɔʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parée is recorded at frequency rank #35,632, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁe\. pores is at rank #25,082, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ\.
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 60714, this pair ranks #96,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parée vs pores
Shared letters: epr. Private to "parée": aé. Private to "pores": os.
"parée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pores ← opres · poers · poress · porres · ppores
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parée" for "pores" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "parée" or "pores" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "parée" and "pores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parée" and "pores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parée vs prep". 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 #96,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.