Which to use
“perdra” and “perdras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,443
- “perdra” frequency rank
- #48,711
- “perdras” frequency rank
- 65154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdra | perdras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de perdre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de perdre. |
Same sound, different letters: perdra vs perdras
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. perdra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against perdras's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - perdra / perdras
This is the hard kind. perdra and perdras are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.dʁa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “perdra” sits inside “perdras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdra is recorded at frequency rank #16,443, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.dʁa\. perdras is at rank #48,711, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.dʁa\.
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 65154, this pair ranks #73,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perdra vs perdras
Shared letters: adepr. Private to "perdra": -. Private to "perdras": s.
"perdra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "perdras" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perdra" and "perdras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "perdra" or "perdras"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "perdra" / "perdras". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "perdra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdra" and "perdras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdrai vs perdras". 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 #73,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.