Which to use
“payée” and “player” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,902
- “payée” frequency rank
- #17,519
- “player” frequency rank
- 26421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | payée | player |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de payé. | Pour un objet, qui joue seul, automatique. |
Where the eye mixes payée and player
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses payée with player
A purely visual mix-up. payée (\pɛ.je\) and player (\ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\) 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 26421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
payée is recorded at frequency rank #8,902, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛ.je\. player is at rank #17,519, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)\.
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 26421, this pair ranks #335,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of payée vs player
Shared letters: aepy. Private to "payée": é. Private to "player": lr.
"payée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "player" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- player ← lpayer · palyer · plaeyr · playerr · playre · playyer · pllayer · plyaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "payée" and "player" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "payée" or "player"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "payée" and "player" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "payée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "player" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "payée" and "player" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "placera vs player". 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 #335,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.