Which to use
“perçue” and “perçus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,214
- “perçue” frequency rank
- #14,995
- “perçus” frequency rank
- 27209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perçue | perçus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de perçu. | Masculin pluriel de perçu. |
Same sound, different letters: perçue vs perçus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: perçue vs perçus
This is the hard kind. perçue and perçus are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.sy\) and both work as anadjective. 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 - e in “perçue” becomes s in “perçus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perçue is recorded at frequency rank #12,214, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sy\. perçus is at rank #14,995, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sy\.
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 27209, this pair ranks #330,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perçue vs perçus
Shared letters: epruç. Private to "perçue": -. Private to "perçus": s.
"perçue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perçus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perçue" for "perçus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perçue" vs "perçus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"perçue" and "perçus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "perçue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perçus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perçue" and "perçus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perçus vs perfs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #330,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.