Which to use
“perçue” and “perdu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,214
- “perçue” frequency rank
- #634
- “perdu” frequency rank
- 12848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perçue | perdu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de perçu. | Dont on n’a plus la possession, la jouissance. |
Where the eye mixes perçue and perdu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. perçue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against perdu's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: perçue vs perdu
A purely visual mix-up. perçue (\pɛʁ.sy\) and perdu (\pɛʁ.dy\) 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 12848, 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\. perdu is at rank #634, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.dy\.
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 12848, this pair ranks #403,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perçue vs perdu
Shared letters: epru. Private to "perçue": ç. Private to "perdu": d.
"perçue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perdu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perdu ← eprdu · pedru · perddu · perrdu · perud · pperdu · predu
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perçue" and "perdu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "perçue" or "perdu" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "perçue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perçue" and "perdu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pécule vs perçue". 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 #403,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.