Which to use
“perde” and “perdent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,654
- “perde” frequency rank
- #5,592
- “perdent” frequency rank
- 19246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perde | perdent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de perdre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de perdre. |
Same sound, different letters: perde vs perdent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - perde and perdent
This is the hard kind. perde and perdent are pronounced identically (\pɛʁd\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “perde” sits inside “perdent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perde is recorded at frequency rank #13,654, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁd\. perdent is at rank #5,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁd\.
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 19246, this pair ranks #374,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perde vs perdent
Shared letters: depr. Private to "perde": -. Private to "perdent": nt.
"perde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "perdent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "perde" and "perdent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "perde" vs "perdent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "perde" / "perdent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "perde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perde" and "perdent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perde vs prude". 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 #374,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.