Which to use
“partager” is a verb and “partagés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,708
- “partager” frequency rank
- #11,268
- “partagés” frequency rank
- 12976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partager | partagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Diviser une chose en plusieurs parties séparées, pour en faire la distribution. | Masculin pluriel de partagé. |
Same sound, different letters: partager vs partagés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. partager and partagés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: partager vs partagés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: partager and partagés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12976, 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\. partagés is at rank #11,268, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\.
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 12976, this pair ranks #402,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of partager vs partagés
Shared letters: agprt. Private to "partager": e. Private to "partagés": sé.
"partager" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "partagés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partager ← aprtager · paratger · parrtager · partaegr · partagerr · partagger · partagre · partgaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "partager" for "partagés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "partager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partager" and "partagés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partagés vs partes". 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 #402,941 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.