perçoir

\pɛʁ.swaʁ\

/\pɛʁ.swaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“perçoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil comportant une pointe perforante et servant à percer (en particulier en parlant de pierres taillées).

Corpus desk

Index FR-percoir · perçoir · French

perçoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for perçoir
PropertyValue
Headwordperçoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.swaʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « perçoir » en français

perçoirreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perçoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Outil comportant une pointe perforante et servant à percer (en particulier en parlant de pierres taillées).".

perçoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is perçoir, spelled P-E-R-Ç-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Outil comportant une pointe perforante et servant à percer (en particulier en parlant de pierres taillées).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le perçoir à pompe est également un des principaux outils utilisés dans l’industrie traditionnelle d’Océanie. La pointe perforante peut être constituée d’un éclat de basalte, de coquillage ou d’une dent de requin. Celle-ci est fixée à l’extrémité d’une baguette de bois pourvue d’un volant discoïdal en bois ou en basalte, ou de noix de coco. La rotation du…
  2. Perçoir 4 mm (pour marteau): Perçoir pour faire des trous de 4 mm de diamètre pour la pose d’œillets. S'utilise avec un marteau (non fourni). Perçoir avec enclume (pour presse): Pour presse manuelle de pose. À visser sur l’appareil pour percer le tissu avant la pose de l’œillet de 4 mm.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perçoir"?
"perçoir" is spelled P-E-R-Ç-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.swaʁ\.
What does "perçoir" mean?
As a noun, "perçoir" means: Outil comportant une pointe perforante et servant à percer (en particulier en parlant de pierres taillées).
How do you pronounce "perçoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perçoir" is \pɛʁ.swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perçoir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list