percevoir

\pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\

/\pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“percevoir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,763
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recevoir, recueillir certaines choses, comme les revenus d’une propriété, des droits, des impôts, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-percevoir · percevoir · French

percevoir · rank #10,763 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,763
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH positionnement

Nearest frequency peer: positionnement (+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 « percevoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « percevoir » 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).

percevoir vs prévoir
67% similar
percevoir vs perchoir
78% similar
percevoir vs percevait
78% similar

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

Key facts for percevoir
PropertyValue
Headwordpercevoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,763
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « percevoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).percevoirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « positionnement » (#10,764), « parfaits » (#10,761), « proportionnelle » (#10,765). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « percevoir » est au #10,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around percevoir (IPA \pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,763 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for percevoir, with forms such as "eprcevoir", "pecrevoir", and "perccevoir". 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, "prévoir", "perchoir", "percevait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is percevoir, spelled P-E-R-C-E-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recevoir, recueillir certaines choses, comme les revenus d’une propriété, des droits, des impôts, etc.
  2. 2
    Prendre connaissance des objets qui ont fait impression sur les sens et en concevoir l’idée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J'entends bien, encore une fois, qu'on me dénonce les grands magnats du vin, les féodaux du vignoble, ceux qui, séjournant à Paris ou dans les villes d'eaux se contentent de percevoir ici des revenus annuels se chiffrant par millions.
  2. Une surtaxe de consommation est perçue sur les « produits de luxe » depuis 1986; sur les importations, la surtaxe est ad valorem et comporte huit taux compris entre 5 % et 70 %.

This word in other languages

collect(English)percibir(Español)einnehmen(Deutsch)receber(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprcevoir
  • pecrevoir
  • perccevoir
  • perceovir
  • percevior
  • percevoirr
  • percevori
  • percevvoir
  • percveoir
  • perecvoir
  • perrcevoir
  • ppercevoir
  • precevoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of percevoir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprcevoir2pecrevoir2perccevoir1perceovir2percevior2percevoirr1percevori2percevvoir1
Edit distance from "percevoir"

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 "percevoir"?
"percevoir" is spelled P-E-R-C-E-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\.
What does "percevoir" mean?
As a verb, "percevoir" means: Recevoir, recueillir certaines choses, comme les revenus d’une propriété, des droits, des impôts, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "percevoir"?
"percevoir" is commonly confused with "prévoir", "perchoir", "percevait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "percevoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percevoir" is \pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percevoir" come from?
"percevoir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

métaphore#10,750splendide#10,788suspendre#10,793inquiètes#10,724

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

rapporteur13 variantssterling13 variantsinformés13 variantsverticale13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list