Which to use
“perruque” and “perruques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,962
- “perruque” frequency rank
- #31,177
- “perruques” frequency rank
- 47139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perruque | perruques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coiffure de faux cheveux. | Pluriel de perruque. |
Same sound, different letters: perruque vs perruques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - perruque / perruques
This is the hard kind. perruque and perruques are pronounced identically (\pɛ.ʁyk\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “perruque” sits inside “perruques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perruque is recorded at frequency rank #15,962, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.ʁyk\. perruques is at rank #31,177, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ.ʁyk\.
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 47139, this pair ranks #189,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perruque vs perruques
Shared letters: epqru. Private to "perruque": -. Private to "perruques": s.
"perruque" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "perruques" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "perruque" and "perruques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "perruque" or "perruques"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "perruque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perruques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perruque" and "perruques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perroquets vs perruques". 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 #189,252 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.