perclus

\pɛʁ.kly\

/\pɛʁ.kly\/ adj

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The verdict

“perclus” is uncommon French (frequency #95,147 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,147
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est impotent de tout le corps ou d’une partie du corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perclus · perclus · French

perclus · rank #95,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,147
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensèrent

Nearest frequency peer: pensèrent (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « perclus »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « perclus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perclus
PropertyValue
Headwordperclus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛʁ.kly\
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,147
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « perclus » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).perclustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pensèrent » (#95,146), « pesais » (#95,149), « passereau » (#95,144). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perclus » est au #95,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perclus is uncommon French at frequency #95,147 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛʁ.kly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est impotent de tout le corps ou d’une partie du corps.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for perclus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is perclus, spelled P-E-R-C-L-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est impotent de tout le corps ou d’une partie du corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pourquoi restes-tu couché comme un paysan perclus, tandis que le Saxon emporte d’assaut ta forteresse ?
  2. Puis il rentra dans le salon, en quittant le notaire sans le saluer. Celui-ci resta pendant un moment tout ébaubi, perclus, sans savoir où il en était.

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 "perclus"?
"perclus" is spelled P-E-R-C-L-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.kly\.
What does "perclus" mean?
As an adjective, "perclus" means: Qui est impotent de tout le corps ou d’une partie du corps.
How do you pronounce "perclus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perclus" is \pɛʁ.kly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perclus" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

outarde#95,135poivrez#95,171policée#95,172Nontron#95,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list