Which to use
“perdu” and “perdues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #634
- “perdu” frequency rank
- #9,213
- “perdues” frequency rank
- 9847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdu | perdues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont on n’a plus la possession, la jouissance. | Féminin pluriel de perdu. |
Same sound, different letters: perdu vs perdues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. perdu runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against perdues's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - perdu and perdues
This is the hard kind. perdu and perdues are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.dy\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “perdu” sits inside “perdues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdu is recorded at frequency rank #634, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.dy\. perdues is at rank #9,213, 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 9847, this pair ranks #415,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perdu vs perdues
Shared letters: depru. Private to "perdu": -. Private to "perdues": s.
"perdu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "perdues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perdu" for "perdues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "perdu" or "perdues"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "perdu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdu" and "perdues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdras vs perdues". 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 #415,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.