Which to use
“perpétré” is a verb and “perpétrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,076
- “perpétré” frequency rank
- #30,303
- “perpétrés” frequency rank
- 59379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perpétré | perpétrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de perpétrer. | Masculin pluriel de perpétré. |
Same sound, different letters: perpétré vs perpétrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. perpétré runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against perpétrés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - perpétré and perpétrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: perpétré and perpétrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛʁ.pe.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “perpétré” sits inside “perpétrés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perpétré is recorded at frequency rank #29,076, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.pe.tʁe\. perpétrés is at rank #30,303, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.pe.tʁe\.
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 59379, this pair ranks #103,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perpétré vs perpétrés
Shared letters: eprté. Private to "perpétré": -. Private to "perpétrés": s.
"perpétré" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "perpétrés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "perpétré" and "perpétrés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "perpétré" or "perpétrés" show up more?
What to do next
"perpétré" and "perpétrés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "perpétré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perpétrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perpétré" and "perpétrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "périmètres vs perpétrés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #103,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.