perception

\pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\

/\pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“perception” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,058
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte par lequel le sujet prend connaissance des objets qui ont fait impression sur ses sens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perception · perception · French

perception · rank #5,058 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,058
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passées

Nearest frequency peer: passées (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « perception »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « perception » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perception vs perfection
80% similar
perception vs péremption
70% similar
perception vs perceptions
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perception
PropertyValue
Headwordperception
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,058
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perception »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perceptionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « passées » (#5,057), « permanent » (#5,059), « panique » (#5,056). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perception » est au #5,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around perception (IPA \pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,058 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for perception, with forms such as "eprception", "pecreption", and "percception". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "perfection", "péremption", "perceptions", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 perception, spelled P-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte par lequel le sujet prend connaissance des objets qui ont fait impression sur ses sens.
  2. 2
    Connaissance que prend le sujet de ses états de conscience.
  3. 3
    Ce que l’esprit perçoit.
  4. 4
    Recette, recouvrement des impositions.
  5. 5
    Recette, recouvrement des impositions.
  6. 6
    Recette, recouvrement des impositions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how perception appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Étymologiquement, le mot perception vient de percipere, qui signifie « saisir par les sens », mais aussi de perceptio, qui veut dire « action de recevoir ».
  2. Toutefois, les perceptions populaires de la version, plus mythique, de l'histoire islamique, sont solidement ancrées dans les masses.

This word in other languages

collection(English)Finanzamt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprception
  • pecreption
  • percception
  • percepiton
  • percepption
  • perceptino
  • perceptionn
  • perceptoin
  • percepttion
  • percetpion
  • percpetion
  • perecption
  • perrception
  • pperception
  • preception

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perception - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprception2pecreption2percception1percepiton2percepption1perceptino2perceptionn1perceptoin2
Edit distance from "perception"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perception"?
"perception" is spelled P-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "perception" mean?
As a noun, "perception" means: Acte par lequel le sujet prend connaissance des objets qui ont fait impression sur ses sens.
What words are commonly confused with "perception"?
"perception" is commonly confused with "perfection", "péremption", "perceptions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perception"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perception" is \pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perception" come from?
"perception" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perception", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

touristique15 variantsconstituer15 variantssuspension15 variantssupérieurs15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list