pareillesvspartiellesConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
pareilles
10 ch
partielles

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?
No. They are said differently (\pa.ʁɛj\ versus \paʁ.sjɛl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pareilles" vs "partielles" - which ranks higher?
"pareilles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,441 in our French list, against #16,199 for "partielles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list