Which to use
“parement” and “percement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,988
- “parement” frequency rank
- #47,510
- “percement” frequency rank
- 84498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parement | percement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau d’étoffe riche ou voyant ornant un vêtement ou le devant d’un autel. | Action de percer une chose pour y pratiquer une ouverture ; ou le résultat de cette action. |
Where the eye mixes parement and percement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. parement runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against percement's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: parement vs percement
A purely visual mix-up. parement (\paʁ.mɑ̃\) and percement (\pɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\) 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 84498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parement is recorded at frequency rank #36,988, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.mɑ̃\. percement is at rank #47,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\.
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 84498, this pair ranks #12,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parement vs percement
Shared letters: emnprt. Private to "parement": a. Private to "percement": c.
"parement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "percement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parement" and "percement" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "parement" or "percement" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "parement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "percement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,901 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parement" and "percement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percement vs percent". 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 #12,901 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.