Which to use
“percées” and “percés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,905
- “percées” frequency rank
- #34,666
- “percés” frequency rank
- 62571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percées | percés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de percé. | Masculin pluriel de percé. |
Same sound, different letters: percées vs percés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. percées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against percés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - percées and percés
This is the hard kind. percées and percés are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percées is recorded at frequency rank #27,905, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. percés is at rank #34,666, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\.
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 62571, this pair ranks #86,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of percées vs percés
Shared letters: ceprsé. Private to "percées": -. Private to "percés": -.
"percées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "percés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "percées" for "percés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "percées" or "percés"?
Useful next steps
"percées" and "percés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "percées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "percés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percées" and "percés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percés vs pètes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.