perchiste
\pɛʁ.ʃist\
The verdict
“perchiste” is uncommon French (frequency #70,096 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,096
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui pratique le saut à la perche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perchiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.ʃist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perchiste” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perchiste is uncommon French at frequency #70,096 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.ʃist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perchiste, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 perchiste, spelled P-E-R-C-H-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui pratique le saut à la perche.
- 2Technicien, technicienne qui manie la perche au-dessus de la personne qui parle.
- 3Équilibriste dont la spécialité est d’effectuer des acrobaties en équilibre sur des perches.
- 4Employé(e) des remontées mécaniques qui tend les perches de téléski aux personnes qui pratiquent les sports d’hiver et qui assure leur sécurité.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “perchiste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-C-H-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.ʃist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.