Which to use
“pillée” and “pillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,275
- “pillée” frequency rank
- #36,996
- “pillent” frequency rank
- 86271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pillée | pillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piller. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de piller. |
Where the eye mixes pillée and pillent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pillée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against pillent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pillée with pillent
A purely visual mix-up. pillée (\pi.je\) and pillent (\pij\) 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 86271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pillée is recorded at frequency rank #49,275, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.je\. pillent is at rank #36,996, tagged as averb, pronounced \pij\.
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 86271, this pair ranks #9,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pillée vs pillent
Shared letters: eilp. Private to "pillée": é. Private to "pillent": nt.
"pillée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pillent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pillent ← ipllent · pilelnt · pilent · pillennt · pillentt · pilletn · pillnet · plilent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pillée" for "pillent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "pillée" or "pillent" show up more?
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 "pillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pillée" and "pillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs Pirée". 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 #9,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.