Which to use
“persane” is a noun and “persans” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,224
- “persane” frequency rank
- #48,712
- “persans” frequency rank
- 93936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persane | persans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femelle d’une race de chat, originaire d’Iran puis d’Angleterre, à poil long (angora), au nez aplati et à queue courte. | Masculin pluriel de persan. |
Where the eye mixes persane and persans
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: persane vs persans
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: persane is \pɛʁ.san\ while persans is \pɛʁ.sɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “persane” becomes s in “persans”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persane is recorded at frequency rank #45,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.san\. persans is at rank #48,712, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɑ̃\.
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 93936, this pair ranks #1,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of persane vs persans
Shared letters: aenprs. Private to "persane": -. Private to "persans": -.
"persane" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "persans" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "persane" for "persans" ever safe?
Frequency check: "persane" vs "persans" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "persane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persane" and "persans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Péronne vs persane". 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 #1,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.