perçage
\pɛʁ.saʒ\
The verdict
“perçage” is an uncommon French word, ranked #63,239 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,239
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de percer ou état de ce qui est percé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perçage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perçage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for perçage is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.saʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #63,239 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for perçage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is perçage, spelled P-E-R-Ç-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de percer ou état de ce qui est percé.
- 2Pratique qui consiste à percer une partie du corps pour y mettre un bijou (anneau, prince Albert, etc.)
Synonyms
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-Ç-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.saʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.