Which to use
“perses” and “pressés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,814
- “perses” frequency rank
- #15,969
- “pressés” frequency rank
- 36783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perses | pressés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de perse. | Masculin pluriel de pressé. |
Where the eye mixes perses and pressés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. perses runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against pressés's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: perses vs pressés
A purely visual mix-up. perses (\pɛʁs\) and pressés (\pʁɛ.se\) 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 36783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perses is recorded at frequency rank #20,814, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁs\. pressés is at rank #15,969, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁɛ.se\.
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 36783, this pair ranks #267,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perses vs pressés
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "perses": -. Private to "pressés": é.
"perses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pressés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perses ← eprses · peress · perrses · persess · persses · pesres · pperses · preses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perses" for "pressés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "perses" vs "pressés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "perses" and "pressés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "perses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pressés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perses" and "pressés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perses vs pieuses". 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 #267,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.