Which to use
“pâturage” and “pâturages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,311
- “pâturage” frequency rank
- #21,740
- “pâturages” frequency rank
- 50051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pâturage | pâturages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu couvert d’herbe où les bestiaux pâturent. | Pluriel de pâturage. |
Same sound, different letters: pâturage vs pâturages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. pâturage runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against pâturages's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pâturage / pâturages
This is the hard kind. pâturage and pâturages are pronounced identically (\pɑ.ty.ʁaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pâturage” sits inside “pâturages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pâturage is recorded at frequency rank #28,311, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɑ.ty.ʁaʒ\. pâturages is at rank #21,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɑ.ty.ʁaʒ\.
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 50051, this pair ranks #165,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pâturage vs pâturages
Shared letters: aegprtuâ. Private to "pâturage": -. Private to "pâturages": s.
"pâturage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "pâturages" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pâturage" for "pâturages" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pâturage" or "pâturages"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "pâturage" / "pâturages". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pâturage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pâturages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pâturage" and "pâturages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pâturage vs pâture". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #165,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.