perd

\pɛʁ\

/\pɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“perd” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,928
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perd · perd · French

perd · rank #1,928 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,928
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensais

Nearest frequency peer: pensais (-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 « perd »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perd » 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).

perd vs Pr
25% similar
perd vs peu
50% similar
perd vs pro
50% similar

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

Key facts for perd
PropertyValue
Headwordperd
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,928
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perd »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pensais » (#1,927), « plans » (#1,929), « paroles » (#1,926). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perd » est au #1,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around perd (IPA \pɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,928 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for perd, with forms such as "eprd", "pedr", and "perdd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "peu", "pro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is perd, spelled P-E-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Évidemment vous me direz que les vers sont plus courts et que l’on perd, à la quantité, sur la prose, mais le vers est plus difficile à écrire et c’est pour cela que nous le tarifons plus cher.
  2. L’écrivain a tel pouvoir, que le patron ne doit rien charger qu’en sa présence, ni aucun marinier ne doit lever des marchandises, ni les décharger à terre, ni les désestiver sans sa connaissance ; et si quelque chose se perd dans le navire, comme balle, fardeau, ou autres marchandises, ou toute autre chose qu’il aura écrite, ou qui aura été chargée en sa…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprd
  • pedr
  • perdd
  • perrd
  • pperd
  • pred

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perd - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprd2pedr2perdd1perrd1pperd1pred2
Edit distance from "perd"

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 "perd"?
"perd" is spelled P-E-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ\.
What does "perd" mean?
As a verb, "perd" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.
What words are commonly confused with "perd"?
"perd" is commonly confused with "Pr", "peu", "pro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perd"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perd" is \pɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perd" come from?
"perd" 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 "perd", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list