perlemoen

noun

"perlemoen" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“perlemoen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abalone

Corpus desk

Index EN-perlemoen · perlemoen · English

perlemoen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for perlemoen
PropertyValue
Headwordperlemoen
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “perlemoen” in English

perlemoenranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perlemoen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abalone".

perlemoen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”). The correct English form is perlemoen, spelled P-E-R-L-E-M-O-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    abalone

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perlemoen"?
"perlemoen" is spelled P-E-R-L-E-M-O-E-N.
What does "perlemoen" mean?
As a noun, "perlemoen" means: abalone
What is the origin of the word "perlemoen"?
Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list