Which to use
“parles” is a verb and “pavées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,750
- “parles” frequency rank
- #41,952
- “pavées” frequency rank
- 43702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parles | pavées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de parler. | Féminin pluriel de pavé. |
Where the eye mixes parles and pavées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses parles with pavées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parles is \paʁl\ while pavées is \pa.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parles is recorded at frequency rank #1,750, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁl\. pavées is at rank #41,952, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.ve\.
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 43702, this pair ranks #216,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parles vs pavées
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "parles": lr. Private to "pavées": vé.
"parles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pavées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parles ← aprles · palres · parels · parless · parlles · parlse · parrles · pparles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parles" for "pavées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parles" vs "pavées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "parles" and "pavées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parles" and "pavées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs pavées". 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 #216,092 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.