Which to use
“Pérez” is a name and “portez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,924
- “Pérez” frequency rank
- #11,638
- “portez” frequency rank
- 39562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Pérez | portez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de porter. |
Letter map: Pérez vs portez
Shared letters muted; letters that set Pérez and portez apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Pérez runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against portez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Pérez and portez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pérez is aname and portezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Pérez is recorded at frequency rank #27,924, classified as aname. portez is at rank #11,638, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.te\.
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 39562, this pair ranks #247,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Pérez vs portez
Shared letters: eprz. Private to "Pérez": é. Private to "portez": ot.
"Pérez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "portez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- portez ← oprtez · poretz · porrtez · portezz · porttez · portze · potrez · pportez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Pérez" for "portez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Pérez" vs "portez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Pérez" and "portez".
- Full dictionary entry for "Pérez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Pérez" and "portez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pérez vs prep". 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 #247,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.