Périgord
"perigord" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Périgord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A geographic region and former province corresponding roughly to the modern department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perigord · Périgord · English
Périgord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Périgord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Périgord” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Périgord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A geographic region and former province corresponding roughly to the modern department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Périgord, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Périgord. The correct English form is Périgord, spelled P-É-R-I-G-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A geographic region and former province corresponding roughly to the modern department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Etymology
From French Périgord.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.