Which to use
“patrie” and “pâture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,224
- “patrie” frequency rank
- #29,495
- “pâture” frequency rank
- 35719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | patrie | pâture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La terre des ancêtres, le pays où l’on est né, la nation dont on fait partie, la société politique dont on est membre. | Nourriture des bêtes, des oiseaux, des poissons. |
Where the eye mixes patrie and pâture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. patrie (CVCCVV) and pâture (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between patrie and pâture
A purely visual mix-up. patrie (\pa.tʁi\) and pâture (\pa.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
patrie is recorded at frequency rank #6,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.tʁi\. pâture is at rank #29,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.tyʁ\.
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 35719, this pair ranks #274,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of patrie vs pâture
Shared letters: eprt. Private to "patrie": ai. Private to "pâture": uâ.
"patrie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pâture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- patrie ← aptrie · patire · patrei · patrrie · pattrie · ppatrie · ptarie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "patrie" for "pâture" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "patrie" or "pâture" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "patrie" and "pâture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "patrie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pâture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "patrie" and "pâture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parures vs pâture". 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 #274,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.