Which to use
“percer” is a verb and “Persée” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,053
- “percer” frequency rank
- #37,476
- “Persée” frequency rank
- 46529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percer | Persée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traverser en faisant un trou ou une ouverture ; perforer. | Sauveur d’Andromède, fille de Céphée et Cassiopée. |
Same sound, different letters: percer vs Persée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: percer vs Persée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: percer and Persée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛʁ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other aname, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percer is recorded at frequency rank #9,053, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. Persée is at rank #37,476, tagged as aname, 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 46529, this pair ranks #194,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percer vs Persée
Shared letters: epr. Private to "percer": c. Private to "Persée": sé.
"percer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Persée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- percer ← eprcer · pecrer · perccer · percerr · percre · perecr · perrcer · ppercer
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"percer" and "Persée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "percer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Persée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percer" and "Persée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Persée 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 #194,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.