Which to use
“perdue” and “perdus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,009
- “perdue” frequency rank
- #5,799
- “perdus” frequency rank
- 9808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdue | perdus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de perdu. | Masculin pluriel de perdu. |
Same sound, different letters: perdue vs perdus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - perdue and perdus
This is the hard kind. perdue and perdus 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 a single letter - e in “perdue” becomes s in “perdus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdue is recorded at frequency rank #4,009, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.dy\. perdus is at rank #5,799, 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 9808, this pair ranks #415,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perdue vs perdus
Shared letters: depru. Private to "perdue": -. Private to "perdus": s.
"perdue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perdus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perdue" for "perdus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perdue" vs "perdus" - which ranks higher?
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 "perdue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perdus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdue" and "perdus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdras vs perdus". 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 #415,328 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.