parfume
\paʁ.fym\
The verdict
“parfume” is uncommon French (frequency #66,201 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,201
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de parfumer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parfume · parfume · French
parfume · rank #66,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,201
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parcourez
Nearest frequency peer: parcourez (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « parfume »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paravents
paravents
33,803 corpus weight
- parcellaires
parcellaires
33,802 corpus weight
- parcourez
parcourez
33,801 corpus weight
- parfume
parfume
33,800 corpus weight
- Paros
Paros
33,799 corpus weight
- partagerons
partagerons
33,798 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parfume » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parfume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \paʁ.fym\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parfume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parfume is uncommon French at frequency #66,201 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \paʁ.fym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for parfume in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parfume, spelled P-A-R-F-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de parfumer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de parfumer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de parfumer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de parfumer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de parfumer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parfume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle possède au plus haut degré cette science de l’existence qui bonifie les moindres parcelles de la matérialité, qui fait que votre pantoufle est la plus exquise pantoufle du monde, qui donne à votre linge une saveur indicible, qui double de cèdre et parfume les commodes ; qui verse à l’heure dite un thé suave, savamment déplié, qui bannit la poussière,…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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