Which to use
“père” and “peso” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #303
- “père” frequency rank
- #48,714
- “peso” frequency rank
- 49017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | père | peso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mâle ayant fécondé un ovule qui a donné naissance à un enfant ; géniteur. | Variante de péso. |
Where the eye mixes père and peso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between père and peso
A purely visual mix-up. père (\pɛʁ\) and peso (\pe.zo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
père is recorded at frequency rank #303, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ\. peso is at rank #48,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pe.zo\.
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 49017, this pair ranks #174,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of père vs peso
Shared letters: ep. Private to "père": rè. Private to "peso": os.
"père" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "peso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- peso ← epso · peos · ppeso · pseo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "père" for "peso" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "père" or "peso" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "père" and "peso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "père" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "père" and "peso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs peso". 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 #174,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.