Which to use
“payées” and “placées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,016
- “payées” frequency rank
- #9,533
- “placées” frequency rank
- 21549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | payées | placées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de payé. | Féminin pluriel de placé. |
Where the eye mixes payées and placées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. payées (\pɛ.je\) 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 21549, 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\. 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 21549, this pair ranks #362,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of payées vs placées
Shared letters: aepsé. Private to "payées": y. Private to "placées": cl.
"payées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "placées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC