Which to use
“persuade” is a verb and “persuadée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,179
- “persuade” frequency rank
- #16,966
- “persuadée” frequency rank
- 48145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persuade | persuadée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de persuader. | Féminin singulier de persuadé. |
Where the eye mixes persuade and persuadée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. persuade runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against persuadée's 9 (CVCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between persuade and persuadée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: persuade is \pɛʁ.sɥad\ while persuadée is \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persuade is recorded at frequency rank #31,179, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɥad\. persuadée is at rank #16,966, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\.
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 48145, this pair ranks #181,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persuade vs persuadée
Shared letters: adeprsu. Private to "persuade": -. Private to "persuadée": é.
"persuade" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "persuadée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- persuade ← eprsuade · perrsuade · persaude · perssuade · persuadde · persuaed · persudae · perusade
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "persuade" and "persuadée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "persuade" vs "persuadée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "persuade" and "persuadée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "persuade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persuadée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persuade" and "persuadée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persane vs persuade". 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 #181,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.