Which to use
“percée” and “perles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #8,285
- “perles” frequency rank
- 20111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | perles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Pluriel de perle. |
Where the eye mixes percée and perles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses percée with perles
A purely visual mix-up. percée (\pɛʁ.se\) and perles (\pɛʁl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20111, 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\. perles is at rank #8,285, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁl\.
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 20111, this pair ranks #369,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs perles
Shared letters: epr. Private to "percée": cé. Private to "perles": ls.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perles ← eprles · pelres · perels · perless · perlles · perlse · perrles · pperles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percée" and "perles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "percée" or "perles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "percée" and "perles" 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 "perles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "perles" 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 #369,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.