perineal
/ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/
"perineal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perineal” is uncommon English (frequency #81,692 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,692
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referring to the region of the perineum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perineal · perineal · English
perineal · rank #81,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,692
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peritoneum
Nearest frequency peer: peritoneum (+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 “perineal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pedant
pedant
18,313 corpus weight
- penitential
penitential
18,311 corpus weight
- perineal
perineal
18,309 corpus weight
- peritoneum
peritoneum
18,308 corpus weight
- phablet
phablet
18,306 corpus weight
- pharos
pharos
18,305 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perineal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perineal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perineal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perineal is uncommon English at frequency #81,692 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Referring to the region of the perineum.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perineal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is perineal, spelled P-E-R-I-N-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1Referring to the region of the perineum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perineal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His bicycle seat produced a great deal of perineal discomfort.
Many mothers find the use of perineal massage eases their childbirth.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).