Which to use
“perron” and “persona” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,556
- “perron” frequency rank
- #28,685
- “persona” frequency rank
- 47241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perron | persona |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Escalier extérieur et palier permettant l’accès à l’entrée d’un bâtiment. | Masque porté par les acteurs dans l'Antiquité. |
Where the eye mixes perron and persona
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. perron runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against persona's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between perron and persona
A purely visual mix-up. perron (\pɛ.ʁɔ̃\) and persona (\pɛʁ.so.na\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perron is recorded at frequency rank #18,556, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.ʁɔ̃\. persona is at rank #28,685, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.so.na\.
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 47241, this pair ranks #188,446 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perron vs persona
Shared letters: enopr. Private to "perron": -. Private to "persona": as.
"perron" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "persona" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perron" for "persona" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perron" vs "persona" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "perron" and "persona" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "perron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persona" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,446 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perron" and "persona" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persans vs persona". 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 #188,446 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.