Which to use
“peser” is a verb and “pètes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,751
- “peser” frequency rank
- #48,737
- “pètes” frequency rank
- 57488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peser | pètes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé. | Pluriel de pète. |
Where the eye mixes peser and pètes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. peser and pètes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between peser and pètes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peser is \pə.ze\ while pètes is \pɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peser is recorded at frequency rank #8,751, classified as averb, 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 57488, this pair ranks #114,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peser vs pètes
Shared letters: eps. Private to "peser": r. Private to "pètes": tè.
"peser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pètes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peser ← epser · peesr · peserr · pesre · pesser · ppeser · pseer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peser" for "pètes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peser" vs "pètes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "peser" 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 #114,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peser" and "pètes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs pètes". 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 #114,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.