partagevspartagentConfusable pair

Quick tell: partage is a noun, partagent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“partage” is a noun and “partagent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,450
“partage” frequency rank
#6,121
“partagent” frequency rank
7571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partage partagent
Definition Division de quelque chose en plusieurs portions. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de partager.

Same sound, different letters: partage vs partagent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
partage
9 ch
partagent

Same sound, different spelling - partage / partagent

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: partage and partagent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \paʁ.taʒ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “partage” sits inside “partagent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partage is recorded at frequency rank #1,450, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.taʒ\. partagent is at rank #6,121, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.taʒ\.

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 7571, this pair ranks #422,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of partage vs partagent

Shared letters: aegprt. Private to "partage": -. Private to "partagent": n.

"partage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "partagent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partageaprtage · paratge · parrtage · partaeg · partagge · partgae · parttage · patrage
  • partagentaprtagent · paratgent · parrtagent · partaegnt · partagennt · partagentt · partagetn · partaggent

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partage" for "partagent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partage" is a noun and "partagent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "partage" or "partagent" show up more?
"partage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,450 in our French list, against #6,121 for "partagent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "partage" / "partagent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partagent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #422,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partage" and "partagent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partagent vs partageront". 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 #422,773 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list