Which to use
“percés” and “pures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,666
- “percés” frequency rank
- #17,799
- “pures” frequency rank
- 52465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percés | pures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de percé. | Féminin pluriel de pur. |
Where the eye mixes percés and pures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. percés (\pɛʁ.se\) and pures (\pyʁ\) 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 52465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percés is recorded at frequency rank #34,666, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. pures is at rank #17,799, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pyʁ\.
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 52465, this pair ranks #147,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percés vs pures
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "percés": cé. Private to "pures": u.
"percés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pures" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pures ← ppures · prues · puress · purres · purse · upres