Which to use
“pareille” is a noun and “pareilles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,795
- “pareille” frequency rank
- #13,441
- “pareilles” frequency rank
- 19236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pareille | pareilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gens de l’état, de la naissance, du caractère de la personne dont il s’agit, ses pairs. | Féminin pluriel de pareil. |
Same sound, different letters: pareille vs pareilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pareille runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against pareilles's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pareille / pareilles
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pareille and pareilles carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pa.ʁɛj\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pareille” sits inside “pareilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pareille is recorded at frequency rank #5,795, classified as anoun, 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 19236, this pair ranks #374,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pareille vs pareilles
Shared letters: aeilpr. Private to "pareille": -. Private to "pareilles": s.
"pareille" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "pareilles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pareille" and "pareilles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pareille" vs "pareilles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "pareille" / "pareilles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pareille" 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 #374,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pareille" and "pareilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pailles vs pareilles". 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 #374,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.