Which to use
“passoire” and “pastore” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,107
- “passoire” frequency rank
- #31,169
- “pastore” frequency rank
- 63276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passoire | pastore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récipient percé, permettant de retenir une partie des éléments qu’il contient (les plus gros) et de laisser passer les autres. | Berger. |
Where the eye mixes passoire and pastore
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. passoire runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against pastore's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: passoire vs pastore
A purely visual mix-up. passoire (\pa.swaʁ\) and pastore (\pa.ˈsto.re\) 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 63276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passoire is recorded at frequency rank #32,107, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.swaʁ\. pastore is at rank #31,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ˈsto.re\.
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 63276, this pair ranks #82,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of passoire vs pastore
Shared letters: aeoprs. Private to "passoire": i. Private to "pastore": t.
"passoire" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "pastore" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passoire" and "pastore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "passoire" vs "pastore" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "passoire" and "pastore" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pastore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passoire" and "pastore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactole vs pastore". 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 #82,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.