enfiler des perles
\ɑ̃.fi.le de pɛʁl\
The verdict
“enfiler des perles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’amuser à des bagatelles ; perdre du temps ; ne pas s’occuper sérieusement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfiler des perles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fi.le de pɛʁl\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enfiler des perles” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enfiler des perles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.fi.le de pɛʁl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’amuser à des bagatelles ; perdre du temps ; ne pas s’occuper sérieusement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enfiler des perles, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enfiler des perles, spelled E-N-F-I-L-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-E-R-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1S’amuser à des bagatelles ; perdre du temps ; ne pas s’occuper sérieusement.
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.
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Using “enfiler des perles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-F-I-L-E-R- -D-E-S- -P-E-R-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.