peser

\pə.ze\

/\pə.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“peser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,751
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peser · peser · French

peser · rank #8,751 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,751
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pertinence

Nearest frequency peer: pertinence (-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 « peser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « peser » 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).

peser vs peur
60% similar
peser vs pose
60% similar
peser vs pète
40% similar

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

Key facts for peser
PropertyValue
Headwordpeser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pə.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,751
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « peser »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pertinence » (#8,750), « Partisan » (#8,749), « plaisirs » (#8,753). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peser » est au #8,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around peser (IPA \pə.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,751 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 18 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for peser, with forms such as "epser", "peesr", and "peserr". 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, "peur", "pose", "pète", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peser, spelled P-E-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé.
  2. 2
    Mesurer la masse volumique d’un liquide pour déterminer sa concentration en un élément particulier.
  3. 3
    Apprécier, estimer la valeur d’une chose.
  4. 4
    Examiner attentivement une chose, pour en connaître le fort et le faible.
  5. 5
    Avoir un certain poids.
  6. 6
    Occuper un certain espace de stockage, en parlant d'un fichier.
  7. 7
    Avoir une certaine valeur.
  8. 8
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  9. 9
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  10. 10
    Appuyer fortement sur une chose, faire sentir son poids.
  11. 11
    Appuyer fortement sur une chose, faire sentir son poids.
  12. 12
    …
  13. 13
    …
  14. 14
    …
  15. 15
    Exercer sur la conscience un chagrin, un ressentiment, un repentir.
  16. 16
    Causer de la peine, de l’inquiétude ou de l’embarras.
  17. 17
    Demeurer plus longtemps, insister plus longtemps.
  18. 18
    Exercer sur quelqu’un de l’influence, une sorte de contrainte morale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] mais elles n’existaient plus l’échoppe du cordonnier que traversaient les émissions sportives et la boulangerie où la mère de Josette pesait le pain.
  2. Il fit peser les camions aux points de départ, d’arrivée, et en chemin. Cela n’éveilla pas les soupçons : on pèse les camions à des fins fiscales.

This word in other languages

weigh(English)pesar(Español)wägen(Deutsch)pesar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epser
  • peesr
  • peserr
  • pesre
  • pesser
  • ppeser
  • pseer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epser2peesr2peserr1pesre2pesser1ppeser1pseer2
Edit distance from "peser"

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 "peser"?
"peser" is spelled P-E-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.ze\.
What does "peser" mean?
As a verb, "peser" means: Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé.
What words are commonly confused with "peser"?
"peser" is commonly confused with "peur", "pose", "pète". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peser" is \pə.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peser" come from?
"peser" 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 "peser", 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list