Which to use
“perturbée” and “perturbés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,277
- “perturbée” frequency rank
- #35,638
- “perturbés” frequency rank
- 53915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perturbée | perturbés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de perturbé. | Masculin pluriel de perturbé. |
Same sound, different letters: perturbée vs perturbés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. perturbée (CVCCVCCVV) and perturbés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: perturbée vs perturbés
This is the hard kind. perturbée and perturbés are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.tyʁ.be\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “perturbée” becomes s in “perturbés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perturbée is recorded at frequency rank #18,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.tyʁ.be\. perturbés is at rank #35,638, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.tyʁ.be\.
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 53915, this pair ranks #137,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perturbée vs perturbés
Shared letters: beprtué. Private to "perturbée": -. Private to "perturbés": s.
"perturbée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "perturbés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "perturbée" and "perturbés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "perturbée" vs "perturbés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "perturbée" / "perturbés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perturbée" and "perturbés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perturbent vs perturbés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #137,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.