Which to use
“percée” and “porche” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,826
- “percée” frequency rank
- #19,109
- “porche” frequency rank
- 30935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percée | porche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. | Portique, lieu couvert à l’entrée d’un temple, d’une église, ou même d’un palais. |
Where the eye mixes percée and porche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. percée (CVCCVV) and porche (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses percée with porche
A purely visual mix-up. percée (\pɛʁ.se\) and porche (\pɔʁʃ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30935, 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\. porche is at rank #19,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁʃ\.
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 30935, this pair ranks #307,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percée vs porche
Shared letters: cepr. Private to "percée": é. Private to "porche": ho.
"percée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "porche" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- porche ← oprche · pocrhe · porcche · porceh · porchhe · porhce · porrche · pporche
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "percée" for "porche" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "percée" or "porche" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "percée" and "porche" 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 "porche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percée" and "porche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porche vs potache". 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 #307,044 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.