Which to use
“peser” and “prêter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,751
- “peser” frequency rank
- #5,910
- “prêter” frequency rank
- 14661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peser | prêter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Examiner la pesanteur d’une chose, la rapporter à un poids déterminé. | Fournir, donner. |
Where the eye mixes peser and prêter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. peser runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against prêter's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: peser vs prêter
A purely visual mix-up. peser (\pə.ze\) and prêter (\pʁe.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14661, 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\. prêter is at rank #5,910, tagged as averb, pronounced \pʁe.te\.
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 14661, this pair ranks #395,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peser vs prêter
Shared letters: epr. Private to "peser": s. Private to "prêter": tê.
"peser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "prêter" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peser ← epser · peesr · peserr · pesre · pesser · ppeser · pseer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peser" and "prêter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "peser" or "prêter"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "peser" and "prêter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prêter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peser" and "prêter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs peser". 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 #395,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.