perdons

\pɛʁ.dɔ̃\

/\pɛʁ.dɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“perdons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,074
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-perdons · perdons · French

perdons · rank #25,074 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,074
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensiez

Nearest frequency peer: pensiez (-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 « perdons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perdons » 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).

perdons vs perds
71% similar
perdons vs perdus
71% similar
perdons vs prions
71% similar

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

Key facts for perdons
PropertyValue
Headwordperdons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.dɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,074
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perdons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).perdonsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pensiez » (#25,073), « piraterie » (#25,075), « partners » (#25,072). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perdons » est au #25,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around perdons (IPA \pɛʁ.dɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,074 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for perdons, with forms such as "eprdons", "pedrons", and "perddons". 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, "perds", "perdus", "prions", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is perdons, spelled P-E-R-D-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de perdre.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de perdre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprdons
  • pedrons
  • perddons
  • perdnos
  • perdonns
  • perdonss
  • perdosn
  • perodns
  • perrdons
  • pperdons
  • predons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perdons - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprdons2pedrons2perddons1perdnos2perdonns1perdonss1perdosn2perodns2
Edit distance from "perdons"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list