perçue

\pɛʁ.sy\

/\pɛʁ.sy\/ adj

The verdict

“perçue” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,214
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de perçu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-percue · perçue · French

perçue · rank #12,214 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,214
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patate

Nearest frequency peer: patate (-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 « perçue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perçue » 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).

perçue vs père
50% similar
perçue vs perdu
67% similar
perçue vs perte
67% similar

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

Key facts for perçue
PropertyValue
Headwordperçue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛʁ.sy\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,214
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perçue »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).perçuese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « patate » (#12,213), « parois » (#12,212), « parasite » (#12,211). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perçue » est au #12,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around perçue (IPA \pɛʁ.sy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,214 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de perçu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for perçue, with forms such as "eprçue", "percue", and "perrçue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "père", "perdu", "perte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is perçue, spelled P-E-R-Ç-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de perçu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprçue
  • percue
  • perrçue
  • peruçe
  • perçeu
  • peçrue
  • pperçue
  • preçue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perçue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprçue2percue1perrçue1peruçe2perçeu2peçrue2pperçue1preçue2
Edit distance from "perçue"

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 "perçue"?
"perçue" is spelled P-E-R-Ç-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sy\.
What does "perçue" mean?
As an adjective, "perçue" means: Féminin singulier de perçu.
What words are commonly confused with "perçue"?
"perçue" is commonly confused with "père", "perdu", "perte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perçue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perçue" is \pɛʁ.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perçue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list