perone
/pəˌɹoʊn/obsolete
perone is spelled P-E-R-O-N-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a suffix, perone means “Used to form names of 4’-fluoro-4-piperidinobutyrophenone derivatives used as tranquilizers and neuroleptics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in perone?
| Letters | 6: P-E-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 perone?
Perone appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
How do you pronounce perone?
- UK /pə.ɹəʊn/
- US /pəˌɹoʊn/
Perone has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with perone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as perone.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: opener, reopen.
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).
What does perone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe fibula.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).