Which to use
“paso” and “pavot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,105
- “paso” frequency rank
- #36,524
- “pavot” frequency rank
- 68629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paso | pavot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pasodoble. | Plante qui porte de grandes fleurs à quatre pétales, qui contient de l’opium et dont la graine donne l’huile d’œillette. |
Where the eye mixes paso and pavot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paso runs 4 letters (CVCV) against pavot's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between paso and pavot
A purely visual mix-up. paso (\pa.so\) and pavot (\pa.vo\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paso is recorded at frequency rank #32,105, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.so\. pavot is at rank #36,524, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.vo\.
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 68629, this pair ranks #58,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paso vs pavot
Shared letters: aop. Private to "paso": s. Private to "pavot": tv.
"paso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pavot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paso" for "pavot" ever safe?
Which is more common, "paso" or "pavot"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "paso" and "pavot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paso" and "pavot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pavot vs pivots". 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 #58,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.