Which to use
“Persée” is a name and “perses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,476
- “Persée” frequency rank
- #20,814
- “perses” frequency rank
- 58290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Persée | perses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sauveur d’Andromède, fille de Céphée et Cassiopée. | Pluriel de perse. |
Where the eye mixes Persée and perses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Persée (CVCCVV) and perses (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Persée vs perses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Persée is \pɛʁ.se\ while perses is \pɛʁs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Persée is recorded at frequency rank #37,476, classified as aname, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. perses is at rank #20,814, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁs\.
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 58290, this pair ranks #109,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Persée vs perses
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "Persée": é. Private to "perses": -.
"Persée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "perses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perses ← eprses · peress · perrses · persess · persses · pesres · pperses · preses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Persée" and "perses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Persée" vs "perses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Persée" and "perses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Persée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Persée" and "perses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Persée vs priée". 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 #109,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.