Which to use
“pavée” is a noun and “pavées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,525
- “pavée” frequency rank
- #41,952
- “pavées” frequency rank
- 78477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavée | pavées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonyme de digitale pourpre ou pourprée, Digitalis purpurea, plante de la famille des scrofulariacées. | Féminin pluriel de pavé. |
Same sound, different letters: pavée vs pavées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. pavée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against pavées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pavée and pavées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pavée and pavées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pa.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pavée” sits inside “pavées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pavée is recorded at frequency rank #36,525, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ve\. pavées is at rank #41,952, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.ve\.
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 78477, this pair ranks #25,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pavée vs pavées
Shared letters: aepvé. Private to "pavée": -. Private to "pavées": s.
"pavée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pavées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pavée" and "pavées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pavée" or "pavées"?
After this comparison
"pavée" and "pavées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavée" and "pavées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs pavées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.