Which to use
“picture” and “piqûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,908
- “picture” frequency rank
- #18,280
- “piqûre” frequency rank
- 46188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picture | piqûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image. | Petite blessure que fait une chose ou un animal qui pique. |
Where the eye mixes picture and piqûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. picture runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against piqûre's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: picture vs piqûre
A purely visual mix-up. picture (\ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\) and piqûre (\pi.kyʁ\) 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 46188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picture is recorded at frequency rank #27,908, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\. piqûre is at rank #18,280, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.kyʁ\.
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 46188, this pair ranks #196,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of picture vs piqûre
Shared letters: eipr. Private to "picture": ctu. Private to "piqûre": qû.
"picture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "piqûre" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- picture ← ipcture · pciture · piccture · pictrue · pictture · pictuer · picturre · picutre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "picture" for "piqûre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "picture" vs "piqûre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "picture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqûre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picture" and "piqûre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictural vs picture". 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 #196,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.