Which to use
“persuadée” is an adjective and “persuader” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,966
- “persuadée” frequency rank
- #15,715
- “persuader” frequency rank
- 32681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persuadée | persuader |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de persuadé. | Amener quelqu’un à croire ou à vouloir quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: persuadée vs persuader
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. persuadée (CVCCVVCVV) and persuader (CVCCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - persuadée and persuader
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: persuadée and persuader carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persuadée is recorded at frequency rank #16,966, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\. persuader is at rank #15,715, tagged as averb, 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 32681, this pair ranks #295,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persuadée vs persuader
Shared letters: adeprsu. Private to "persuadée": é. Private to "persuader": -.
"persuadée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV · "persuader" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- persuader ← eprsuader · perrsuader · persauder · perssuader · persuadder · persuaderr · persuadre · persuaedr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "persuadée" and "persuader" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "persuadée" vs "persuader" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "persuadée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persuader" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persuadée" and "persuader" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persuade vs persuadée". 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 #295,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.