Which to use
“percées” and “portées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,905
- “percées” frequency rank
- #7,881
- “portées” frequency rank
- 35786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percées | portées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de percé. | Féminin pluriel de porté. |
Where the eye mixes percées and portées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. percées and portées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses percées with portées
A purely visual mix-up. percées (\pɛʁ.se\) and portées (\pɔʁ.te\) 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 35786, 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\. portées is at rank #7,881, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔʁ.te\.
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 35786, this pair ranks #274,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percées vs portées
Shared letters: eprsé. Private to "percées": c. Private to "portées": ot.
"percées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "portées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percées" and "portées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "percées" or "portées" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "percées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percées" and "portées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percées vs périmés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #274,249 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.