Which to use
“peler” and “peser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,708
- “peler” frequency rank
- #8,751
- “peser” frequency rank
- 57459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peler | peser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépouiller du poil. | Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé. |
Where the eye mixes peler and peser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. peler and peser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: peler vs peser
A purely visual mix-up. peler (\pə.le\) and peser (\pə.ze\) 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 a single letter - l in “peler” becomes s in “peser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peler is recorded at frequency rank #48,708, classified as averb, pronounced \pə.le\. peser is at rank #8,751, tagged as averb, pronounced \pə.ze\.
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 57459, this pair ranks #114,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peler vs peser
Shared letters: epr. Private to "peler": l. Private to "peser": s.
"peler" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "peser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peler" for "peser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peler" vs "peser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "peler" and "peser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peler" and "peser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs peler". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #114,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.