Which to use
“percée” is a noun and “Percy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #18,555
- “Percy” frequency rank
- 30381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | Percy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Commune française, située dans le département de l’Isère. |
Where the eye mixes percée and Percy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between percée and Percy
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: percée is \pɛʁ.se\ while Percy is \pɛʁ.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30381, 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\. Percy is at rank #18,555, tagged as aname, pronounced \pɛʁ.si\.
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 30381, this pair ranks #310,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs Percy
Shared letters: cepr. Private to "percée": é. Private to "Percy": y.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "Percy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Percy ← eprcy · pecry · perccy · percyy · perrcy · peryc · ppercy · precy
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percée" and "Percy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "percée" or "Percy" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "percée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Percy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "Percy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Percy vs perfs". 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 #310,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.