perdes

\pɛʁd\

/\pɛʁd\/ verb

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The verdict

“perdes” is uncommon French (frequency #70,098 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,098
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de perdre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perdes · perdes · French

perdes · rank #70,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,098
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH percutants

Nearest frequency peer: percutants (-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 « perdes »

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 « perdes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perdes
PropertyValue
Headwordperdes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,098
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « perdes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perdestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « percutants » (#70,097), « Perséphone » (#70,099), « perchiste » (#70,096). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perdes » est au #70,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perdes is uncommon French at frequency #70,098 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de perdre.".

perdes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 perdes, spelled P-E-R-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de perdre.

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 "perdes"?
"perdes" is spelled P-E-R-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁd\.
What does "perdes" mean?
As a verb, "perdes" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de perdre.
How do you pronounce "perdes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdes" is \pɛʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdes" come from?
"perdes" 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 "perdes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pileux#70,108parton#70,086placid#70,112ornait#70,081

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list