Which to use
“pâture” and “piqûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,495
- “pâture” frequency rank
- #18,280
- “piqûre” frequency rank
- 47775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pâture | piqûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nourriture des bêtes, des oiseaux, des poissons. | Petite blessure que fait une chose ou un animal qui pique. |
Where the eye mixes pâture and piqûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pâture and piqûre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between pâture and piqûre
A purely visual mix-up. pâture (\pa.tyʁ\) and piqûre (\pi.kyʁ\) 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 47775, 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\. piqûre is at rank #18,280, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.kyʁ\.
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 47775, this pair ranks #184,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pâture vs piqûre
Shared letters: epr. Private to "pâture": tuâ. Private to "piqûre": iqû.
"pâture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "piqûre" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pâture" and "piqûre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pâture" or "piqûre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pâture" and "piqûre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pâture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqûre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pâture" and "piqûre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parures vs pâture". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #184,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.