partagéesvspartagentConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#15,958
“partagées” frequency rank
#6,121
“partagent” frequency rank
22079
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partagées partagent
Definition Féminin pluriel de partagé. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de partager.

Where the eye mixes partagées and partagent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. partagées (CVCCVCVVC) and partagent (CVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
partagées
9 ch
partagent

Look-alike desk: partagées vs partagent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partagées is \paʁ.ta.ʒe\ while partagent is \paʁ.taʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partagées is recorded at frequency rank #15,958, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. 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 22079, this pair ranks #359,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of partagées vs partagent

Shared letters: aegprt. Private to "partagées": sé. Private to "partagent": n.

"partagées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "partagent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partagent ← aprtagent · paratgent · parrtagent · partaegnt · partagennt · partagentt · partagetn · partaggent

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partagées" and "partagent" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partagées" is an adjective and "partagent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "partagées" or "partagent"?
"partagent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,121 in our French list, against #15,958 for "partagées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "partagées" and "partagent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partagées" 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 #359,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partagées" 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 #359,916 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