Which to use
“pesée” and “pesos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,826
- “pesée” frequency rank
- #32,524
- “pesos” frequency rank
- 66350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pesée | pesos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de peser. | Pluriel de peso. |
Where the eye mixes pesée and pesos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pesée (CVCVV) and pesos (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between pesée and pesos
A purely visual mix-up. pesée (\pə.ze\) and pesos (\pə.zɔs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pesée is recorded at frequency rank #33,826, classified as anoun, pronounced \pə.ze\. pesos is at rank #32,524, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pə.zɔs\.
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 66350, this pair ranks #68,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pesée vs pesos
Shared letters: eps. Private to "pesée": é. Private to "pesos": o.
"pesée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pesos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pesos ← epsos · peoss · pesoss · pesso · pessos · ppesos · pseos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pesée" and "pesos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "pesée" or "pesos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pesée" and "pesos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pesée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pesos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pesée" and "pesos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs pesée". 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 #68,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.