Which to use
“pavillon” is a noun and “Peillon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,903
- “pavillon” frequency rank
- #29,071
- “Peillon” frequency rank
- 34974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pavillon | Peillon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tente de forme ronde ou carrée, et terminée en pointe par en haut, qui servait jadis au campement des gens de guerre. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: pavillon vs Peillon
Shared letters muted; letters that set pavillon and Peillon apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. pavillon runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against Peillon's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pavillon / Peillon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pavillon is anoun and Peillonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pavillon is recorded at frequency rank #5,903, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.vi.jɔ̃\. Peillon is at rank #29,071, tagged as aname.
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 34974, this pair ranks #280,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pavillon vs Peillon
Shared letters: ilnop. Private to "pavillon": av. Private to "Peillon": e.
"pavillon" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "Peillon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pavillon" and "Peillon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pavillon" or "Peillon"?
What to do next
Pair "pavillon" vs "Peillon" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pavillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Peillon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pavillon" and "Peillon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Peillon vs pilon". 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 #280,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.