Which to use
“pesée” and “pètes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,826
- “pesée” frequency rank
- #48,737
- “pètes” frequency rank
- 82563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pesée | pètes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de peser. | Pluriel de pète. |
Where the eye mixes pesée and pètes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pesée (CVCVV) and pètes (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pesée vs pètes
A purely visual mix-up. pesée (\pə.ze\) and pètes (\pɛt\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82563, 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\. pètes is at rank #48,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛt\.
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 82563, this pair ranks #16,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pesée vs pètes
Shared letters: eps. Private to "pesée": é. Private to "pètes": tè.
"pesée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pètes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pesée" for "pètes" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "pesée" or "pètes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pesée" and "pètes" 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 "pètes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pesée" and "pètes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs pètes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #16,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.