percer

\pɛʁ.se\

/\pɛʁ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“percer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,053
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traverser en faisant un trou ou une ouverture ; perforer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-percer · percer · French

percer · rank #9,053 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,053
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pin

Nearest frequency peer: pin (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « percer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « percer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

percer vs père
50% similar
percer vs perte
67% similar
percer vs pères
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for percer
PropertyValue
Headwordpercer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,053
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « percer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.percerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pin » (#9,054), « parcouru » (#9,051), « plaie » (#9,055). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « percer » est au #9,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around percer (IPA \pɛʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for percer, with forms such as "eprcer", "pecrer", and "perccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "père", "perte", "pères", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is percer, spelled P-E-R-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traverser en faisant un trou ou une ouverture ; perforer.
  2. 2
    Faire plusieurs blessures avec une arme blanche.
  3. 3
    Mettre en perce, faire une ouverture à un tonneau, pour en tirer le vin.
  4. 4
    Pénétrer, passer à travers.
  5. 5
    Se faire entendre au loin.
  6. 6
    Pratiquer une ouverture.
  7. 7
    Pénétrer, découvrir par les yeux de l’esprit.
  8. 8
    Se faire ouverture, se frayer un passage.
  9. 9
    Faire une percée.
  10. 10
    Tirer de long.
  11. 11
    Se déceler, se manifester, se faire jour.
  12. 12
    Avancer dans une profession, dans le monde, acquérir de la réputation.
  13. 13
    Se manifester ; apparaître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how percer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Thomas, près de sa forge, manœuvrant une machine à percer, criblait de trous une petite plaque de cuivre.
  2. Un froid mouillé touchait sa paume, le mince corps se tordait au béement de la gueule translucide, si fragile que l'hameçon dont elle était percée semblait un croc de bronze monstrueux.

This word in other languages

punch(English)agujerear(Español)lochen(Deutsch)furar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprcer
  • pecrer
  • perccer
  • percerr
  • percre
  • perecr
  • perrcer
  • ppercer
  • precer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of percer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprcer2pecrer2perccer1percerr1percre2perecr2perrcer1ppercer1
Edit distance from "percer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "percer"?
"percer" is spelled P-E-R-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.se\.
What does "percer" mean?
As a verb, "percer" means: Traverser en faisant un trou ou une ouverture ; perforer.
What words are commonly confused with "percer"?
"percer" is commonly confused with "père", "perte", "pères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "percer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percer" is \pɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percer" come from?
"percer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "percer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oscars#9,050priver#9,060modéré#9,044menant#9,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

platine9 variantsKennedy9 variantssursis9 variantsTrudeau9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list