perne
verb
perne is spelled P-E-R-N-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, perne means “To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in perne?
| Letters | 5: P-E-R-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is perne?
Perne appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with perne?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as perne.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: preen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of perne
- pernes present, singular, he/she/it
- perning participle, present
- perned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does perne mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does perne come from?
Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).