Which to use
“périmée” and “périmés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,551
- “périmée” frequency rank
- #41,990
- “périmés” frequency rank
- 84541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | périmée | périmés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de périmé. | Masculin pluriel de périmé. |
Same sound, different letters: périmée vs périmés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. périmée (CVCVCVV) and périmés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - périmée and périmés
This is the hard kind. périmée and périmés are pronounced identically (\pe.ʁi.me\) 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 “périmée” becomes s in “périmés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
périmée is recorded at frequency rank #42,551, classified as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʁi.me\. périmés is at rank #41,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pe.ʁi.me\.
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 84541, this pair ranks #12,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of périmée vs périmés
Shared letters: impré. Private to "périmée": e. Private to "périmés": s.
"périmée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "périmés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "périmée" for "périmés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "périmée" or "périmés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "périmée" / "périmés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "périmée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "périmés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "périmée" and "périmés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périmée vs priée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.