Stop confusing similar French words! 100 paronyme pairs explained with clear examples.
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âą 100 confusing pairs for levels B1-B2
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- accepter / excepter
- to accept / to except
- affecter / effectuer
- to affect / to carry out
- affliger / infliger
- to distress / to inflict
- allusion / illusion
- reference / illusion
- amener / emmener
- to bring [someone here] / to take [someone away]
- apporter / emporter
- to bring [something here] / to take [something away]
- attention / intention
- attention / intention
- balade / ballade
- walk / ballad [poem]
- censé / sensé
- supposed to / sensible
- chair / chaire / cher
- flesh / pulpit / dear
- collision / collusion
- collision / collusion
- compréhensible / compréhensif
- understandable / understanding [person]
- conjecture / conjoncture
- guess/conjecture / economic situation
- davantage / d'avantage
- more / of advantage
- décerner / discerner
- to award / to discern
- différend / différent
- dispute / different
- effraction / infraction
- break-in / offense
- Ă©merger / immerger
- to emerge / to immerse
- Ă©minent / imminent
- eminent / imminent
- Ă©ruption / irruption
- eruption / sudden entry
- Ă©voquer / invoquer
- to evoke / to invoke
- exaucer / exhausser
- to grant [a wish] / to raise up
- inclinaison / inclination
- tilt/slope / inclination/tendency
- infecter / infester
- to infect / to infest
- luxueux / luxurieux
- luxurious / lustful
- notable / notoire
- notable / notorious
- original / originel
- original/unique / original/primordial
- partial / partiel
- biased / partial
- perpétrer / perpétuer
- to perpetrate / to perpetuate
- prédication / prédiction
- preaching / prediction
- prodige / prodigue
- prodigy / prodigal
- prolongation / prolongement
- extension [time] / extension [space]
- rabattre / rebattre
- to fold down / to repeat endlessly
- recouvrer / recouvrir
- to recover/regain / to cover
- voie / voix
- way/path / voice
- soi / soit
- oneself / either/whether
- comte / compte / conte
- count [title] / account / tale
- cours / cour / court
- course/class / courtyard / short
- dessin / dessein
- drawing / purpose/design
- entré / entre / antre
- entered / between / lair
- filtre / philtre
- filter / love potion
- foi / foie / fois
- faith / liver / time[s]
- golf / golfe
- golf / gulf
- héraut / héros
- herald / hero
- martyr / martyre
- martyr [person] / martyrdom [suffering]
- mythe / mite
- myth / moth
- pal / pĂąle / pale
- stake / pale / blade
- pin / pain
- pine tree / bread
- poing / point
- fist / point/dot
- reine / rĂȘne / renne
- queen / rein / reindeer
- sain / saint / sein
- healthy / saint / breast/bosom
- saut / sceau / seau / sot
- jump / seal / bucket / fool
- satire / satyre
- satire / satyr
- teint / thym / tain
- complexion / thyme / tin backing
- verre / ver / vers / vert
- glass / worm / toward;verse / green
- acquis / acquit
- acquired/experience / acquittal
- agonir / agoniser
- to heap abuse on / to be dying
- alternative / alternance
- alternative [two options] / alternation
- coasser / croasser
- to croak [frog] / to croak [crow]
- colorer / colorier
- to color/tint / to color in
- consommer / consumer
- to consume / to consummate
- dénué / dénudé
- devoid of / stripped bare
- désert / dessert
- desert / dessert
- Ă©claircir / Ă©clairer
- to lighten/clarify / to light up
- effacer / affacer
- to erase / [archaic] to damage
- emprunter / emprunté
- to borrow / awkward/stiff
- espace / espĂšce
- space / species/kind
- glacial / glaciaire
- icy/freezing / glacial [geology]
- habileté / habilité
- skill / authorized
- hibernation / hivernage
- hibernation / wintering
- industriel / industrieux
- industrial / industrious
- justesse / justice
- accuracy/precision / justice
- littéral / littéraire
- literal / literary
- matinal / matineux
- morning [adj] / early riser
- médical / médicinal
- medical / medicinal
- officiel / officieux
- official / unofficial
- pécuniaire / pécunier
- financial/monetary / [incorrect form]
- personnel / personnalisé
- personal / personalized
- populaire / populeux
- popular / populous
- prémisse / prémices
- premise [logic] / first fruits/beginnings
- prescrire / proscrire
- to prescribe / to prohibit
- produit / prodige
- product / prodigy
- raisonner / résonner
- to reason / to resonate
- risqué / risquable
- risky [slightly] / [non-standard for risky]
- signal / signe
- signal / sign
- social / sociable
- social / sociable
- somptuaire / somptueux
- sumptuary [law] / sumptuous
- suggestion / sujétion
- suggestion / subjection
- tout / tous
- all [singular] / all [plural]
- vénéneux / venimeux
- poisonous [plants] / venomous [animals]
- adhérence / adhésion
- grip/adhesion / membership
- apurer / Ă©purer
- to audit/clear [accounts] / to purify
- aménager / emménager
- to develop/arrange / to move in
- bribes / brides
- fragments / bridles
- causal / causale
- causal / causal [fem]
- cession / session
- transfer/cession / session
- consumé / consommé
- consumed [by emotion] / consumed [used up]
- décade / décennie
- ten days / decade
- dénouement / dénuement
- outcome / destitution
- démystifier / démythifier
- to demystify / to debunk myths
