Which to use
“pareil” and “pareilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,271
- “pareil” frequency rank
- #13,441
- “pareilles” frequency rank
- 14712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pareil | pareilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente une forte ressemblance ou similitude ; qui est égal ou semblable, en parlant de deux personnes ou de deux choses. | Féminin pluriel de pareil. |
Same sound, different letters: pareil vs pareilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pareil runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against pareilles's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pareil and pareilles
This is the hard kind. pareil and pareilles are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁɛj\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 3 extra letter(s) - “pareil” sits inside “pareilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pareil is recorded at frequency rank #1,271, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.ʁɛj\. pareilles is at rank #13,441, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.ʁɛj\.
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 14712, this pair ranks #395,513 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pareil vs pareilles
Shared letters: aeilpr. Private to "pareil": -. Private to "pareilles": s.
"pareil" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "pareilles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pareil" and "pareilles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pareil" or "pareilles"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "pareil" / "pareilles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pareil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pareilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,513 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pareil" and "pareilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pareil vs parl". 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 #395,513 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.