Which to use
“percée” and “perte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #1,418
- “perte” frequency rank
- 13244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | perte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Privation de quelque chose de précieux, d’agréable, de commode, qu’on avait. |
Where the eye mixes percée and perte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: percée vs perte
A purely visual mix-up. percée (\pɛʁ.se\) and perte (\pɛʁt\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13244, 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\. perte is at rank #1,418, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁt\.
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 13244, this pair ranks #401,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs perte
Shared letters: epr. Private to "percée": cé. Private to "perte": t.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perte ← eprte · peret · perrte · pertte · petre · pperte · prete
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "percée" and "perte" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "percée" or "perte" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "percée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "perte" 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 #401,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.