Which to use
“persane” and “personne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,224
- “persane” frequency rank
- #149
- “personne” frequency rank
- 45373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persane | personne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femelle d’une race de chat, originaire d’Iran puis d’Angleterre, à poil long (angora), au nez aplati et à queue courte. | Être humain considéré en tant qu’individu. |
Where the eye mixes persane and personne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. persane runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against personne's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses persane with personne
A purely visual mix-up. persane (\pɛʁ.san\) and personne (\pɛʁ.sɔn\) 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 45373, 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\. personne is at rank #149, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔn\.
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 45373, this pair ranks #203,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persane vs personne
Shared letters: enprs. Private to "persane": a. Private to "personne": o.
"persane" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "personne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "persane" for "personne" ever safe?
Frequency check: "persane" vs "personne" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "persane" and "personne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "persane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "personne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persane" and "personne" 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 #203,187 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.