Which to use
“percée” is a noun and “perdue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #4,009
- “perdue” frequency rank
- 15835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | perdue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Féminin singulier de perdu. |
Where the eye mixes percée and perdue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between percée and perdue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: percée is \pɛʁ.se\ while perdue is \pɛʁ.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15835, 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\. perdue is at rank #4,009, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.dy\.
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 15835, this pair ranks #390,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs perdue
Shared letters: epr. Private to "percée": cé. Private to "perdue": du.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perdue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perdue ← eprdue · pedrue · perddue · perdeu · perrdue · perude · pperdue · predue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "percée" and "perdue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "percée" vs "perdue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "percée" and "perdue" 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 "perdue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "perdue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percée vs priée". 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 #390,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.