perce-neige
\pɛʁs.nɛʒ\
The verdict
“perce-neige” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des petites plantes bulbeuses de la famille des amaryllidacées à fleurs blanches, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle fleurit en hiver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perce-neige · perce-neige · French
perce-neige · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perce-neige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁs.nɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perce-neige » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perce-neige is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁs.nɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Une des petites plantes bulbeuses de la famille des amaryllidacées à fleurs blanches, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle fleurit en hiver.".
perce-neige doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 perce-neige, spelled P-E-R-C-E---N-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Une des petites plantes bulbeuses de la famille des amaryllidacées à fleurs blanches, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle fleurit en hiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perce-neige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’observateur rapporte qu'une paysanne ayant vendu des oignons de perce-neige en guise de ciboulette, toutes les personnes qui en mangèrent furent surprises de vomissement, qui n'eurent aucunes suites fâcheuses.
lorsque, pour la première fois, la neige se mit à fondre (…) les perce-neige, çà et là, firent leur apparition par petits groupes.
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.