perce-oreilles
\pɛʁ.sɔ.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“perce-oreilles” 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 September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de perce-oreille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perce-oreilles · perce-oreilles · French
perce-oreilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-oreilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.sɔ.ʁɛj\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
perce-oreilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.sɔ.ʁɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de perce-oreille.".
perce-oreilles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is perce-oreilles, spelled P-E-R-C-E---O-R-E-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de perce-oreille.
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.