percéevsPérezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: percée is a noun, Pérez is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“percée” is a noun and “Pérez” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,826
“percée” frequency rank
#27,924
“Pérez” frequency rank
39750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature percée Pérez
Definition Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. Nom de famille.

Letter map: percée vs Pérez

Shared letters muted; letters that set percée and Pérez apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
percée
5 ch
Pérez

Grammar separator: percée vs Pérez

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: percée is anoun and Pérezaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39750, 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\. Pérez is at rank #27,924, tagged as aname.

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 39750, this pair ranks #245,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of percée vs Pérez

Shared letters: epré. Private to "percée": c. Private to "Pérez": z.

"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "Pérez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "percée" and "Pérez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "percée" is a noun and "Pérez" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "percée" or "Pérez"?
"percée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,826 in our French list, against #27,924 for "Pérez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "percée" vs "Pérez" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "percée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #245,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "percée" and "Pérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pérez vs prep". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #245,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list