Which to use
“parents” and “patente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #512
- “parents” frequency rank
- #32,949
- “patente” frequency rank
- 33461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parents | patente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de parent (pluriel souvent utilisé pour désigner le père et la mère, ou les pères, ou les mères d'une personne, collectivement). | Brevet émanant d’une autorité établissant un droit, un titre ou un privilège. |
Where the eye mixes parents and patente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: parents vs patente
A purely visual mix-up. parents (\pa.ʁɑ̃\) and patente (\pa.tɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parents is recorded at frequency rank #512, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁɑ̃\. patente is at rank #32,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tɑ̃t\.
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 33461, this pair ranks #290,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parents vs patente
Shared letters: aenpt. Private to "parents": rs. Private to "patente": -.
"parents" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "patente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parents" and "patente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "parents" or "patente"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "parents" and "patente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parents" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parents" and "patente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Papeete vs patente". 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 #290,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.