peripatetic
/ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
"peripatetic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peripatetic” is uncommon English (frequency #66,190 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,190
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tending to walk about.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peripatetic · peripatetic · English
peripatetic · rank #66,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,190
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pergola
Nearest frequency peer: pergola (-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 “peripatetic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pediment
pediment
33,817 corpus weight
- penetrative
penetrative
33,815 corpus weight
- pergola
pergola
33,812 corpus weight
- peripatetic
peripatetic
33,811 corpus weight
- Pierpont
Pierpont
33,807 corpus weight
- Pimentel
Pimentel
33,805 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “peripatetic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peripatetic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “peripatetic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
peripatetic is uncommon English at frequency #66,190 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for peripatetic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “I walk”). The correct English form is peripatetic, spelled P-E-R-I-P-A-T-E-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Tending to walk about.
- 2Constantly travelling.
- 3Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peripatetic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
The true peripatetic school.
Etymology
From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “I walk”).
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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