percentile
\pɛʁ.sɑ̃.til\
The verdict
“percentile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des 99 valeurs qui divisent une distribution statistique ordonnée en cent groupes d’effectifs égaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-percentile · percentile · French
percentile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | percentile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.sɑ̃.til\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
percentile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.sɑ̃.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for percentile in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is percentile, spelled P-E-R-C-E-N-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Chacune des 99 valeurs qui divisent une distribution statistique ordonnée en cent groupes d’effectifs égaux.
- 2L’un des cent groupes ainsi déterminés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how percentile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les quartiles et les percentiles sont des exemples de quantiles - ou fractiles - qui partitionnent les données en groupes avec approximativement autant de valeurs.
Petit exemple : un fœtus au 50^(ème) percentile est dans la moyenne "parfaite". Cela signifie que sur 100 fœtus au même terme : 50 sont plus petits que lui et 50 sont au-dessus. … Entre le 10^(ème) et le 90^(ème) percentile, la taille du bébé se situe dans la tranche habituelle.
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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.