Which to use
“parlement” and “payement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,300
- “parlement” frequency rank
- #33,395
- “payement” frequency rank
- 34695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parlement | payement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans l'ancienne France, jusqu'au XIIIᵉ siècle, assemblée des grands du royaume, que le roi convoquait pour traiter des affaires importantes. | Variante orthographique de paiement. |
Where the eye mixes parlement and payement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. parlement runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against payement's 8 (CVVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between parlement and payement
A purely visual mix-up. parlement (\paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\) and payement (\pɛ.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 34695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parlement is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\. payement is at rank #33,395, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.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 34695, this pair ranks #282,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parlement vs payement
Shared letters: aemnpt. Private to "parlement": lr. Private to "payement": y.
"parlement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "payement" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parlement" for "payement" ever safe?
Which is more common, "parlement" or "payement"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "parlement" and "payement" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parlement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "payement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parlement" and "payement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parement vs payement". 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 #282,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.