Which to use
“pavées” and “placées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,952
- “pavées” frequency rank
- #9,533
- “placées” frequency rank
- 51485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavées | placées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de pavé. | Féminin pluriel de placé. |
Where the eye mixes pavées and placées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pavées vs placées
A purely visual mix-up. pavées (\pa.ve\) and placées (\pla.se\) 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 51485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pavées is recorded at frequency rank #41,952, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.ve\. placées is at rank #9,533, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pla.se\.
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 51485, this pair ranks #154,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pavées vs placées
Shared letters: aepsé. Private to "pavées": v. Private to "placées": cl.
"pavées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "placées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pavées" and "placées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pavées" or "placées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "placées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavées" and "placées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs pavées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #154,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.