Which to use
“persane” and “persona” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,224
- “persane” frequency rank
- #28,685
- “persona” frequency rank
- 73909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persane | persona |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femelle d’une race de chat, originaire d’Iran puis d’Angleterre, à poil long (angora), au nez aplati et à queue courte. | Masque porté par les acteurs dans l'Antiquité. |
Where the eye mixes persane and persona
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses persane with persona
A purely visual mix-up. persane (\pɛʁ.san\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73909, 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\. 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 73909, this pair ranks #38,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of persane vs persona
Shared letters: aenprs. Private to "persane": -. Private to "persona": o.
"persane" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "persona" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "persane" for "persona" ever safe?
Frequency check: "persane" vs "persona" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "persona" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persane" and "persona" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persane vs persans". 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 #38,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.