Which to use
“partageaient” and “partageait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,557
- “partageaient” frequency rank
- #19,623
- “partageait” frequency rank
- 47180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partageaient | partageait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de partager. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de partager. |
Same sound, different letters: partageaient vs partageait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. partageaient runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVVVVCC) against partageait's 10 (CVCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - partageaient / partageait
This is the hard kind. partageaient and partageait are pronounced identically (\paʁ.ta.ʒɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partageaient is recorded at frequency rank #27,557, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒɛ\. partageait is at rank #19,623, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒɛ\.
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 47180, this pair ranks #188,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of partageaient vs partageait
Shared letters: aegiprt. Private to "partageaient": n. Private to "partageait": -.
"partageaient" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVVCC · "partageait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partageaient ← aprtageaient · paratgeaient · parrtageaient · partaegaient · partagaeient · partageaeint · partageaiennt · partageaientt
- partageait ← aprtageait · paratgeait · parrtageait · partaegait · partagaeit · partageaitt · partageati · partageiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "partageaient" and "partageait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "partageaient" or "partageait" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "partageaient" / "partageait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "partageaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partageait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partageaient" and "partageait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partageaient vs partageant". 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 #188,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.