PérezvsprêtezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Pérez is a name, prêtez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Pérez” is a name and “prêtez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,924
“Pérez” frequency rank
#42,545
“prêtez” frequency rank
70469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pérez prêtez
Definition Nom de famille. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prêter.

Letter map: Pérez vs prêtez

Shared letters muted; letters that set Pérez and prêtez apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Pérez runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against prêtez's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Pérez
6 ch
prêtez

Grammar separator: Pérez vs prêtez

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pérez is aname and prêtezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pérez is recorded at frequency rank #27,924, classified as aname. prêtez is at rank #42,545, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁɛ.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 70469, this pair ranks #51,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Pérez vs prêtez

Shared letters: eprz. Private to "Pérez": é. Private to "prêtez": tê.

"Pérez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "prêtez" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Pérez" for "prêtez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Pérez" is a name and "prêtez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Pérez" or "prêtez" show up more?
"Pérez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,924 in our French list, against #42,545 for "prêtez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Pérez" and "prêtez". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pérez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prêtez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pérez" and "prêtez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prêtez vs Prez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #51,214 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list