perine

noun

"perine" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“perine” is uncommon English (frequency #94,113 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,113
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sporoderm layer surrounding the exine of many spores

Key facts for perine
PropertyValue
Headwordperine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#94,113
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “perine” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). perine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perine is uncommon English at frequency #94,113 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sporoderm layer surrounding the exine of many spores".

No generated misspelling entries exist for perine in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is perine, spelled P-E-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sporoderm layer surrounding the exine of many spores

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 "perine"?
"perine" is spelled P-E-R-I-N-E.
What does "perine" mean?
As a noun, "perine" means: A sporoderm layer surrounding the exine of many spores
What language does "perine" come from?
"perine" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “perine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list