pesée

Name: pesée, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pə.ze\

/\pə.ze\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pesée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,826
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de peser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pesee · pesée · French

pesée · rank #33,826 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,826
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH pes

Nearest frequency peer: pes (-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.

perdrix

66,177
pes

66,176
pesée

66,175
phalange

66,174
pharaons

66,173
philippin

66,172

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pesée vs pose

60% similar

pesée vs pète

40% similar

pesée vs peso

60% similar

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

Key facts for pesée
Property	Value
Headword	pesée
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pə.ze\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#33,826
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pesée »

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

#33,826

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pes » (#33,825), « phalange » (#33,827), « perdrix » (#33,824). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pesée » est au #33,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pesée (IPA \pə.ze\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,826 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesée, with forms such as "epsée", "pesee", and "peseé". 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, "pose", "pète", "peso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pesée, spelled P-E-S-É-E.

Definition

1
Action de peser.
2
Quantité de ce qui a été pesé en une fois.
3
Effort qu’on fait avec une pince, avec un levier pour forcer une porte, un volet, pour soulever un corps, que l'on fait pour appuyer.
4
Morceau de pain supplémentaire qui venait en complément du pain lui-même lorsqu’il était vendu au poids et n’atteignait pas le poids règlementaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Avant de lui livrer ces ballots de laine, on en a fait la pesée en sa présence.
Nurmagomedov a profité de la pesée de vendredi pour saluer les qualités de Gaethje.

This word in other languages

weighing(English)pesagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epsée
pesee
peseé
pessée
peése
ppesée
pseée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesée - 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.

Edit distance from "pesée"

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 "pesée"?

"pesée" is spelled P-E-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.ze\.

What does "pesée" mean?

As a noun, "pesée" means: Action de peser.

What words are commonly confused with "pesée"?

"pesée" is commonly confused with "pose", "pète", "peso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pesée"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesée" is \pə.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pesée" come from?

"pesée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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