perineal
/ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/
"perineal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perineal” is uncommon English (frequency #81,692 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,692
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Referring to the region of the perineum.
| 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) |
Where “perineal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perineal is uncommon English at frequency #81,692 among 46,516 “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.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-I-N-E-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌpɛɹɪˈniəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.