persuade

\pɛʁ.sɥad\

/\pɛʁ.sɥad\/ verb

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The verdict

“persuade” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,179
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de persuader.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persuade · persuade · French

persuade · rank #31,179 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,179
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH persister

Nearest frequency peer: persister (-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 « persuade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « persuade » 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).

persuade vs persuader
89% similar
persuade vs persuadée
89% similar
persuade vs persuadés
78% similar

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

Key facts for persuade
PropertyValue
Headwordpersuade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.sɥad\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,179
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « persuade »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).persuadese 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 « persister » (#31,178), « Phoebe » (#31,180), « perruques » (#31,177). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persuade » est au #31,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around persuade (IPA \pɛʁ.sɥad\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,179 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for persuade, with forms such as "eprsuade", "perrsuade", and "persaude". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "persuader", "persuadée", "persuadés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is persuade, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de persuader.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de persuader.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de persuader.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de persuader.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de persuader.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cela fait un an que l’on me promet que cela ne va pas durer toujours ; six mois que l’on me promet des traitements dont on me persuade inlassablement qu’ils doivent marcher potentiellement, mais qui, dans les faits, ne sont jamais ultra-convaincants.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsuade
  • perrsuade
  • persaude
  • perssuade
  • persuadde
  • persuaed
  • persudae
  • perusade
  • pesruade
  • ppersuade
  • presuade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persuade - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprsuade2perrsuade1persaude2perssuade1persuadde1persuaed2persudae2perusade2
Edit distance from "persuade"

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 "persuade"?
"persuade" is spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sɥad\.
What does "persuade" mean?
As a verb, "persuade" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de persuader.
What words are commonly confused with "persuade"?
"persuade" is commonly confused with "persuader", "persuadée", "persuadés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persuade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persuade" is \pɛʁ.sɥad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persuade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perceuse#31,175penchent#31,174plantées#31,185polluant#31,187

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

perruques11 variantspartouze11 variantspréfixe11 variantsraptors11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list