Which to use
“pavage” and “péage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,448
- “pavage” frequency rank
- #13,238
- “péage” frequency rank
- 52686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavage | péage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface pavée. | Droit qui se lève sur les personnes, les animaux, les marchandises, pour leur passage sur un chemin, sur un pont, sur une rivière, etc. |
Where the eye mixes pavage and péage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pavage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against péage's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pavage with péage
A purely visual mix-up. pavage (\pa.vaʒ\) and péage (\pe.aʒ\) 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 52686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pavage is recorded at frequency rank #39,448, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.vaʒ\. péage is at rank #13,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pe.aʒ\.
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 52686, this pair ranks #145,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pavage vs péage
Shared letters: aegp. Private to "pavage": v. Private to "péage": é.
"pavage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "péage" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pavage ← apvage · paavge · pavaeg · pavagge · pavgae · pavvage · ppavage · pvaage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pavage" for "péage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pavage" vs "péage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "péage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavage" and "péage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pavage vs placage". 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 #145,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.