Which to use
“perverse” and “perverses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,290
- “perverse” frequency rank
- #49,850
- “perverses” frequency rank
- 78140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perverse | perverses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Antonyme de convertie, personne qui a quitté la religion considérée comme vraie, apostate. | Pluriel de perverse. |
Same sound, different letters: perverse vs perverses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - perverse / perverses
This is the hard kind. perverse and perverses are pronounced identically (\pɛʁ.vɛʁs\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “perverse” sits inside “perverses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perverse is recorded at frequency rank #28,290, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.vɛʁs\. perverses is at rank #49,850, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.vɛʁs\.
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 78140, this pair ranks #26,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of perverse vs perverses
Shared letters: eprsv. Private to "perverse": -. Private to "perverses": -.
"perverse" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "perverses" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "perverse" and "perverses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "perverse" or "perverses"?
After this comparison
"perverse" and "perverses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "perverse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perverses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perverse" and "perverses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perverse vs perversité". 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 #26,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.