perfume

/[peɾˈfume]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,691

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

perfume is aSpanishnoun. It means: Líquido aromático, usualmente hidroalcohólico, que se usa para desprender olores agradables. Pronounced [peɾˈfume]. It ranks #8,691 in Spanish word frequency.

Key facts for perfume
PropertyValue
Headwordperfume
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾˈfume]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,691
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perfume in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for perfume is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈfume]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,691 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for perfume, with forms such as "eprfume", "pefrume", and "perffume". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is perfume, spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Líquido aromático, usualmente hidroalcohólico, que se usa para desprender olores agradables.
  2. 2
    Olor agradable.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprfume,pefrume,perffume,perfmue,perfuem,perfumme,perrfume,perufme,pperfume,prefume

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perfume

Misspelling Variants of "perfume"

eprfume7pefrume7perffume8perfmue7perfuem7perfumme8perrfume8perufme7
Misspelling Variants of "perfume"

Frequency rank: #8,691 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perfume"?
"perfume" is spelled P-E-R-F-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈfume].
What does "perfume" mean?
As a noun, "perfume" means: Líquido aromático, usualmente hidroalcohólico, que se usa para desprender olores agradables.
What are common misspellings of "perfume"?
Common misspellings include "eprfume", "pefrume", "perffume", "perfmue", "perfuem". The correct spelling is "perfume".
How do you pronounce "perfume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfume" is [peɾˈfume]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perfume" come from?
"perfume" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.