Which to use
“payées” is an adjective and “payent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,016
- “payées” frequency rank
- #11,825
- “payent” frequency rank
- 23841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | payées | payent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de payé. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de payer. |
Where the eye mixes payées and payent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: payées is \pɛ.je\ while payent is \pɛj\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
payées is recorded at frequency rank #12,016, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛ.je\. payent is at rank #11,825, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛj\.
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 23841, this pair ranks #350,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of payées vs payent
Shared letters: aepy. Private to "payées": sé. Private to "payent": nt.
"payées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "payent" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- payent ← apyent · paeynt · payennt · payentt · payetn · paynet · payyent · ppayent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "payées" and "payent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "payées" or "payent"?
What to do next
You've compared "payées" and "payent". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "payées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "payent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,145 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "payées" and "payent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pactes vs payées". 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
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