Which to use
“percée” and “perceuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #31,175
- “perceuse” frequency rank
- 43001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | perceuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Outil permettant de percer, de faire des trous, généralement à l’aide d’un foret rotatif. |
Where the eye mixes percée and perceuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses percée with perceuse
A purely visual mix-up. percée (\pɛʁ.se\) and perceuse (\pɛʁ.søz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percée is recorded at frequency rank #11,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. perceuse is at rank #31,175, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.søz\.
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 43001, this pair ranks #221,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs perceuse
Shared letters: cepr. Private to "percée": é. Private to "perceuse": su.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perceuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perceuse ← eprceuse · pecreuse · percceuse · percesue · perceues · perceusse · percuese · perecuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percée" and "perceuse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "percée" or "perceuse"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "percée" and "perceuse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "percée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perceuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "perceuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perceuse vs poreuse". 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 #221,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.