Which to use
“pavées” is an adjective and “posées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,952
- “pavées” frequency rank
- #9,894
- “posées” frequency rank
- 51846
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavées | posées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de pavé. | Pluriel de posée. |
Where the eye mixes pavées and posées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pavées and posées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pavées is \pa.ve\ while posées is \po.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51846, 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\. posées is at rank #9,894, tagged as anoun, pronounced \po.ze\.
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 51846, this pair ranks #151,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pavées vs posées
Shared letters: epsé. Private to "pavées": av. Private to "posées": o.
"pavées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "posées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pavées" and "posées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pavées" vs "posées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pavées" and "posées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavées" and "posées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs pavées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #151,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.