apéréa

\a.pe.ʁe.a\

/\a.pe.ʁe.a\/ noun

The verdict

“apéréa” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de cobaye sauvage originaire du Brésil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aperea · apéréa · French

apéréa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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.

Key facts for apéréa
PropertyValue
Headwordapéréa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pe.ʁe.a\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apéréa » en français

apéréan'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apéréa is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pe.ʁe.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de cobaye sauvage originaire du Brésil.".

apéréa has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is apéréa, spelled A-P-É-R-É-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de cobaye sauvage originaire du Brésil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apéréa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La taille du Cobaye austral est toujours moindre que celle de l’Apéréa; les plus grands des individus qui ont servi de types à notre description , n'avaient pas même huit pouces de longueur totale.
  2. On a cherché, mais vainement, à retrouver, en Amérique, le cochon d’Inde à l'état sauvage. Plusieurs naturalistes croient qu'il descend de l’apéréa; mais les différences sont telles entre ces deux animaux, qu'on ne peut admettre une telle origine. Du reste, le cochon d'Inde et l’apéréa ne s'accouplent pas ensemble.

Synonyms

cobaye du Brésilcobaye sauvage

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apéréa"?
"apéréa" is spelled A-P-É-R-É-A. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pe.ʁe.a\.
What does "apéréa" mean?
As a noun, "apéréa" means: Espèce de cobaye sauvage originaire du Brésil.
How do you pronounce "apéréa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apéréa" is \a.pe.ʁe.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apéréa" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list