Which to use
“pâture” and “picture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,495
- “pâture” frequency rank
- #27,908
- “picture” frequency rank
- 57403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pâture | picture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nourriture des bêtes, des oiseaux, des poissons. | Image. |
Where the eye mixes pâture and picture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pâture runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against picture's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pâture vs picture
A purely visual mix-up. pâture (\pa.tyʁ\) and picture (\ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\) 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 57403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pâture is recorded at frequency rank #29,495, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.tyʁ\. picture is at rank #27,908, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\.
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 57403, this pair ranks #115,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pâture vs picture
Shared letters: eprtu. Private to "pâture": â. Private to "picture": ci.
"pâture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "picture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- picture ← ipcture · pciture · piccture · pictrue · pictture · pictuer · picturre · picutre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pâture" and "picture" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pâture" vs "picture" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pâture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "picture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pâture" and "picture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictural vs picture". 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 #115,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.