Which to use
“pilotée” and “pivoter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,568
- “pilotée” frequency rank
- #39,936
- “pivoter” frequency rank
- 67504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilotée | pivoter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de piloter. | Tourner sur un pivot, ou comme sur un pivot. |
Where the eye mixes pilotée and pivoter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pilotée (CVCVCVV) and pivoter (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pilotée vs pivoter
A purely visual mix-up. pilotée (\pi.lɔ.te\) and pivoter (\pi.vɔ.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilotée is recorded at frequency rank #27,568, classified as averb, pronounced \pi.lɔ.te\. pivoter is at rank #39,936, tagged as averb, pronounced \pi.vɔ.te\.
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 67504, this pair ranks #63,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pilotée vs pivoter
Shared letters: eiopt. Private to "pilotée": lé. Private to "pivoter": rv.
"pilotée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "pivoter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pivoter ← ipvoter · piovter · pivoetr · pivoterr · pivotre · pivotter · pivtoer · pivvoter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pilotée" and "pivoter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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- Full dictionary entry for "pilotée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pivoter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilotée" and "pivoter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pivoter vs pivots". 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 #63,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.