Which to use
“piégée” and “pillée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,629
- “piégée” frequency rank
- #49,275
- “pillée” frequency rank
- 68904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piégée | pillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piéger. | Participe passé féminin singulier de piller. |
Where the eye mixes piégée and pillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piégée (CVVCVV) and pillée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: piégée vs pillée
A purely visual mix-up. piégée (\pje.ʒe\) and pillée (\pi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piégée is recorded at frequency rank #19,629, classified as averb, pronounced \pje.ʒe\. pillée is at rank #49,275, tagged as averb, pronounced \pi.je\.
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 68904, this pair ranks #57,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piégée vs pillée
Shared letters: eipé. Private to "piégée": g. Private to "pillée": l.
"piégée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "pillée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "piégée" and "pillée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "piégée" or "pillée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "piégée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piégée" and "pillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs Pirée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #57,266 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.