Which to use
“perturbent” is a verb and “perturbés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,476
- “perturbent” frequency rank
- #35,638
- “perturbés” frequency rank
- 74114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perturbent | perturbés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de perturber. | Masculin pluriel de perturbé. |
Where the eye mixes perturbent and perturbés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. perturbent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against perturbés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses perturbent with perturbés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: perturbent is \pɛʁ.tyʁb\ while perturbés is \pɛʁ.tyʁ.be\. 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 74114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perturbent is recorded at frequency rank #38,476, classified as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.tyʁb\. 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 74114, this pair ranks #38,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perturbent vs perturbés
Shared letters: beprtu. Private to "perturbent": n. Private to "perturbés": sé.
"perturbent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "perturbés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perturbent ← eprturbent · perrturbent · pertrubent · pertturbent · pertubrent · perturbbent · perturbennt · perturbentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "perturbent" and "perturbés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "perturbent" or "perturbés"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "perturbent" and "perturbés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbent" 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 #38,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perturbent" and "perturbés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdurent vs perturbent". 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 #38,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.