Which to use
“pareilles” and “partielles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,441
- “pareilles” frequency rank
- #16,199
- “partielles” frequency rank
- 29640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pareilles | partielles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de pareil. | Féminin pluriel de partiel. |
Where the eye mixes pareilles and partielles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. pareilles runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against partielles's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pareilles and partielles
A purely visual mix-up. pareilles (\pa.ʁɛj\) and partielles (\paʁ.sjɛl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pareilles is recorded at frequency rank #13,441, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.ʁɛj\. partielles is at rank #16,199, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.sjɛl\.
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 29640, this pair ranks #315,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pareilles vs partielles
Shared letters: aeilprs. Private to "pareilles": -. Private to "partielles": t.
"pareilles" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "partielles" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pareilles ← apreilles · paerilles · pareilels · pareiles · pareilless · pareillse · pareliles · parielles
- partielles ← aprtielles · paritelles · parrtielles · parteilles · partielels · partieles · partielless · partiellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pareilles" and "partielles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pareilles" vs "partielles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pareilles" and "partielles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pareilles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partielles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pareilles" and "partielles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partielles vs pastilles". 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 #315,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.