Which to use
“pérenne” and “pérennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,995
- “pérenne” frequency rank
- #37,990
- “pérennes” frequency rank
- 60985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pérenne | pérennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dure toujours, qui dure toute l’année. | Pluriel de pérenne. |
Same sound, different letters: pérenne vs pérennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. pérenne runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against pérennes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pérenne vs pérennes
This is the hard kind. pérenne and pérennes are pronounced identically (\pe.ʁɛn\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “pérenne” sits inside “pérennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pérenne is recorded at frequency rank #22,995, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʁɛn\. pérennes is at rank #37,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʁɛn\.
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 60985, this pair ranks #94,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pérenne vs pérennes
Shared letters: enpré. Private to "pérenne": -. Private to "pérennes": s.
"pérenne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "pérennes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pérenne" and "pérennes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pérenne" or "pérennes" show up more?
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 "pérenne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pérennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pérenne" and "pérennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "païennes vs pérennes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.