Which to use
“perceuse” is a noun and “percuté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,175
- “perceuse” frequency rank
- #20,812
- “percuté” frequency rank
- 51987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perceuse | percuté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil permettant de percer, de faire des trous, généralement à l’aide d’un foret rotatif. | Participe passé masculin singulier de percuter. |
Where the eye mixes perceuse and percuté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: perceuse vs percuté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: perceuse is \pɛʁ.søz\ while percuté is \pɛʁ.ky.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perceuse is recorded at frequency rank #31,175, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.søz\. percuté is at rank #20,812, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.ky.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 51987, this pair ranks #150,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perceuse vs percuté
Shared letters: cepru. Private to "perceuse": s. Private to "percuté": té.
"perceuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "percuté" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perceuse ← eprceuse · pecreuse · percceuse · percesue · perceues · perceusse · percuese · perecuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perceuse" for "percuté" ever safe?
Which is more common, "perceuse" or "percuté"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "perceuse" and "percuté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "perceuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "percuté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perceuse" and "percuté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perceuse vs poreuse". 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 #150,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.