Which to use
“perçois” and “perçoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,246
- “perçois” frequency rank
- #12,439
- “perçoit” frequency rank
- 46685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perçois | perçoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de percevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de percevoir. |
Same sound, different letters: perçois vs perçoit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. perçois and perçoit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: perçois vs perçoit
This is the hard kind. perçois and perçoit are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “perçois” becomes t in “perçoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perçois is recorded at frequency rank #34,246, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.swa\. perçoit is at rank #12,439, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.swa\.
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 46685, this pair ranks #192,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perçois vs perçoit
Shared letters: eioprç. Private to "perçois": s. Private to "perçoit": t.
"perçois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "perçoit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perçois" and "perçoit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "perçois" vs "perçoit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "perçois" / "perçoit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "perçois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perçoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perçois" and "perçoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perchoir vs perçois". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.