partagervspartageraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“partager” and “partagera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,708
“partager” frequency rank
#33,818
“partagera” frequency rank
35526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partager partagera
Definition Diviser une chose en plusieurs parties séparées, pour en faire la distribution. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de partager.

Where the eye mixes partager and partagera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. partager runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against partagera's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
partager
9 ch
partagera

Visual trap between partager and partagera

A purely visual mix-up. partager (\paʁ.ta.ʒe\) and partagera (\paʁ.ta.ʒə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “partager” sits inside “partagera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partager is recorded at frequency rank #1,708, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. partagera is at rank #33,818, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒə.ʁa\.

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 35526, this pair ranks #276,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partager vs partagera

Shared letters: aegprt. Private to "partager": -. Private to "partagera": -.

"partager" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "partagera" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partager ← aprtager · paratger · parrtager · partaegr · partagerr · partagger · partagre · partgaer
  • partagera ← aprtagera · paratgera · parrtagera · partaegra · partagear · partagerra · partaggera · partagrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "partager" for "partagera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\paʁ.ta.ʒe\ versus \paʁ.ta.ʒə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "partager" or "partagera"?
"partager" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,708 in our French list, against #33,818 for "partagera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "partager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partagera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #276,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partager" and "partagera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partagées vs partagera". 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 #276,119 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