péché originel
\pe.ʃe ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\
The verdict
“péché originel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chez les chrétiens, péché commis par Adam et Ève et fondateur des souffrances de l’humanité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péché originel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʃe ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “péché originel” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
péché originel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ʃe ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
péché originel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is péché originel, spelled P-É-C-H-É- -O-R-I-G-I-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Chez les chrétiens, péché commis par Adam et Ève et fondateur des souffrances de l’humanité.
- 2Vice, défaut, d’une doctrine, d’une société, d’une organisation, qui remonte à sa fondation.
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.
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Using “péché originel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-É-C-H-É- -O-R-I-G-I-N-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.ʃe ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.