perrier
"perrier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perrier” is uncommon English (frequency #53,773 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,773
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perrier · perrier · English
perrier · rank #53,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,773
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pasties
Nearest frequency peer: pasties (-3 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 “perrier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paragliding
paragliding
46,235 corpus weight
- pastes
pastes
46,233 corpus weight
- pasties
pasties
46,231 corpus weight
- perrier
perrier
46,228 corpus weight
- Pimlico
Pimlico
46,225 corpus weight
- pinhole
pinhole
46,224 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perrier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perrier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perrier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perrier is uncommon English at frequency #53,773 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perrier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero. The correct English form is perrier, spelled P-E-R-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe
Etymology
Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).