Which to use
“perçus” is an adjective and “Petrus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,995
- “perçus” frequency rank
- #40,419
- “Petrus” frequency rank
- 55414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perçus | Petrus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de perçu. | Pierre. |
Letter map: perçus vs Petrus
Shared letters muted; letters that set perçus and Petrus apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for perçus / Petrus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: perçus is anadjective and Petrusanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perçus is recorded at frequency rank #14,995, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sy\. Petrus is at rank #40,419, tagged as anoun.
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 55414, this pair ranks #127,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perçus vs Petrus
Shared letters: eprsu. Private to "perçus": ç. Private to "Petrus": t.
"perçus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Petrus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Petrus ← eptrus · pertus · petrrus · petrsu · petruss · pettrus · peturs · ppetrus
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "perçus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Petrus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perçus" and "Petrus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pètes vs Petrus". 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 #127,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.