perfumery

/pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/

//pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri// noun

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"perfumery" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“perfumery” is uncommon English (frequency #69,327 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,327
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shop selling perfumes.

Corpus desk

Index EN-perfumery · perfumery · English

perfumery · rank #69,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,327
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Perlmutter

Nearest frequency peer: Perlmutter (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “perfumery”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “perfumery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perfumery
PropertyValue
Headwordperfumery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,327
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “perfumery” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).perfumeryfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Perlmutter” (#69,328), “petar” (#69,329), “peppercorn” (#69,324). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “perfumery” is #69,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perfumery is uncommon English at frequency #69,327 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perfumery, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From perfume + -ery. The correct English form is perfumery, spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A shop selling perfumes.
  2. 2
    A factory where perfume is made.
  3. 3
    The manufacture of perfume.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how perfumery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.

Etymology

From perfume + -ery.

This word in other languages

parfumerie(Français)Parfümerie(Deutsch)perfumaria(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perfumery"?
"perfumery" is spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/.
What does "perfumery" mean?
As a noun, "perfumery" means: A shop selling perfumes.
How do you pronounce "perfumery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfumery" is /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "perfumery"?
From perfume + -ery. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perfumery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

photobook#69,335Pocatello#69,341Pollyanna#69,344optimizer#69,306

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list