à perpétuité
\a pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te\
The verdict
“à perpétuité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour toujours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-perpetuite · à perpétuité · French
à perpétuité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à perpétuité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à perpétuité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a pɛʁ.pe.tɥi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à perpétuité, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is à perpétuité, spelled À- -P-E-R-P-É-T-U-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Pour toujours.
- 2Pour la vie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à perpétuité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La réclusion criminelle à perpétuité a été requise contre l’accusé.
Fonder une messe, un service à perpétuité.
This word in other languages
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.