Which to use
“persuader” is a verb and “persuadés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,715
- “persuader” frequency rank
- #17,225
- “persuadés” frequency rank
- 32940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persuader | persuadés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amener quelqu’un à croire ou à vouloir quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de persuadé. |
Same sound, different letters: persuader vs persuadés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. persuader and persuadés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - persuader / persuadés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: persuader and persuadés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 32940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persuader is recorded at frequency rank #15,715, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɥa.de\. persuadés is at rank #17,225, 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 32940, this pair ranks #293,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persuader vs persuadés
Shared letters: adeprsu. Private to "persuader": -. Private to "persuadés": é.
"persuader" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "persuadés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- persuader ← eprsuader · perrsuader · persauder · perssuader · persuadder · persuaderr · persuadre · persuaedr
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "persuader" / "persuadés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "persuader" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persuadés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persuader" and "persuadés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persuade vs persuadés". 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 #293,941 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.