aperception
French, noun/a.pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
aperception is spelled A-P-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aperception is a French feminine noun meaning “apperception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conscience immédiate ; sentiment intérieur, intime, de sa propre conscience”.
What does aperception mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapperception
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conscience immédiate ; sentiment intérieur, intime, de sa propre conscience. 2. Action de percevoir clairement.
noun: 1. Incapacité de compréhension de la parole sans que l’audition ne soit atteinte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aperception
- aperceptions plural
- apperception Anglicism
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aperception?
- /a.pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
- \a.pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aperception
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aperception in French?
aperception appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).