partagezvsportageWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,633
“partagez” frequency rank
#19,374
“portage” frequency rank
32007
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partagez portage
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de partager. Action de porter, de transporter.

Where the eye mixes partagez and portage

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. partagez runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against portage's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
partagez
7 ch
portage

Why the eye confuses partagez with portage

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: partagez is \paʁ.ta.ʒe\ while portage is \pɔʁ.taʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partagez is recorded at frequency rank #12,633, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.ta.ʒe\. portage is at rank #19,374, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.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 32007, this pair ranks #300,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partagez vs portage

Shared letters: aegprt. Private to "partagez": z. Private to "portage": o.

"partagez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "portage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partagezaprtagez · paratgez · parrtagez · partaegz · partagezz · partaggez · partagze · partgaez
  • portageoprtage · poratge · porrtage · portaeg · portagge · portgae · porttage · potrage

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partagez" and "portage" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partagez" is a verb and "portage" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "partagez" vs "portage" - which ranks higher?
"partagez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,633 in our French list, against #19,374 for "portage". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partagez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "portage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partagez" and "portage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portage vs portante". 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 #300,175 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