Which to use
“perceuse” and “porteuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,175
- “perceuse” frequency rank
- #15,723
- “porteuse” frequency rank
- 46898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perceuse | porteuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil permettant de percer, de faire des trous, généralement à l’aide d’un foret rotatif. | Celle dont le métier ordinaire est de porter quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes perceuse and porteuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. perceuse and porteuse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: perceuse vs porteuse
A purely visual mix-up. perceuse (\pɛʁ.søz\) and porteuse (\pɔʁ.tøz\) 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 46898, 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\. porteuse is at rank #15,723, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.tøz\.
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 46898, this pair ranks #191,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perceuse vs porteuse
Shared letters: eprsu. Private to "perceuse": c. Private to "porteuse": ot.
"perceuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "porteuse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perceuse" and "porteuse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "perceuse" or "porteuse"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "perceuse" and "porteuse" 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 "porteuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perceuse" and "porteuse" 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 #191,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.