Which to use
“pêche” and “percée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,639
- “pêche” frequency rank
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- 14465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pêche | percée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit du pêcher, parfumé et d’un goût savoureux, dont le très dur noyau est enrobé par une chair jaune ou blanche et une fine peau veloutée de teinte jaune et rouge-orange. | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. |
Where the eye mixes pêche and percée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pêche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against percée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pêche vs percée
A purely visual mix-up. pêche (\pɛʃ\) and percée (\pɛʁ.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pêche is recorded at frequency rank #2,639, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʃ\. percée is at rank #11,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14465, this pair ranks #396,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pêche vs percée
Shared letters: cep. Private to "pêche": hê. Private to "percée": ré.
"pêche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pêche" and "percée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pêche" or "percée"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pêche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "percée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pêche" and "percée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percée vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #396,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.