Which to use
“parjure” and “pâture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,086
- “parjure” frequency rank
- #29,495
- “pâture” frequency rank
- 65581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parjure | pâture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faux serment. | Nourriture des bêtes, des oiseaux, des poissons. |
Where the eye mixes parjure and pâture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. parjure runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pâture's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between parjure and pâture
A purely visual mix-up. parjure (\paʁ.ʒyʁ\) and pâture (\pa.tyʁ\) 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 65581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parjure is recorded at frequency rank #36,086, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.ʒyʁ\. pâture is at rank #29,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tyʁ\.
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 65581, this pair ranks #71,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parjure vs pâture
Shared letters: epru. Private to "parjure": aj. Private to "pâture": tâ.
"parjure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pâture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- parjure ← aprjure · pajrure · parjjure · parjrue · parjuer · parjurre · parrjure · parujre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parjure" for "pâture" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "parjure" or "pâture" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "parjure" and "pâture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parjure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pâture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parjure" and "pâture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parjure vs parures". 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 #71,691 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.