perdre

/\pɛʁdʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#794

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

perdre is aFrenchverb. It means: Être privé de quelque chose qu’on avait, qu’on possédait. Pronounced \pɛʁdʁ\. It ranks #794 in French word frequency. Often confused with père and perdu.

Key facts for perdre
PropertyValue
Headwordperdre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁdʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#794
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perdre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for perdre is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁdʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #794 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for perdre, with forms such as "eprdre", "pedrre", and "perddre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "père", "perdu", "perte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is perdre, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être privé de quelque chose qu’on avait, qu’on possédait.
  2. 2
    Être privé d’un avantage ou d’un profit.
  3. 3
    Être privé, par la mort ou autrement, d’une personne qu’on aimait, qu’on a sujet de regretter.
  4. 4
    Être privé de quelque partie de soi, subir la perte ou la diminution sensible de quelque faculté, de quelque avantage physique ou moral que l’on possédait.
  5. 5
    Être privé de quelque partie de soi, subir la perte ou la diminution sensible de quelque faculté, de quelque avantage physique ou moral que l’on possédait.
  6. 6
    Cesser d’avoir, n’avoir plus.
  7. 7
    Cesser de suivre ou d’occuper, laisser échapper ou laisser prendre.
  8. 8
    Égarer un objet, ne plus savoir où il est.
  9. 9
    Laisser quelqu’un s’égarer ou l’égarer ; le détourner de sa route.
  10. 10
    Embrouiller l'esprit, ne plus rien comprendre.
  11. 11
    Faire un mauvais emploi, un emploi inutile de quelque chose, manquer à en profiter.
  12. 12
    Être vaincu en quelque chose par un autre, avoir du désavantage contre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  13. 13
    Ne pas obtenir le gain, le profit, l’avantage qu’on désirait ou qu’on espérait.
  14. 14
    Vendre moins cher qu’on a acheté, en parlant d'une marchandise.
  15. 15
    Diminuer de valeur, de qualité.
  16. 16
    Ruiner, déshonorer, discréditer; causer du préjudice à la fortune de quelqu’un, à sa réputation, à sa santé, etc.
  17. 17
    Gâter l’esprit, le jugement; Corrompre les mœurs, débaucher.
  18. 18
    Gâter, endommager quelque chose.
  19. 19
    Ne pas entendre, ne pas voir.
  20. 20
    Être séparé de (quelqu'un de proche) par la mort.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprdre,pedrre,perddre,perder,perdrre,perrde,perrdre,pperdre,predre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perdre

Misspelling Variants of "perdre"

eprdre6pedrre6perddre7perder6perdrre7perrde6perrdre7pperdre7
Misspelling Variants of "perdre"

Frequency rank: #794 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdre"?
"perdre" is spelled P-E-R-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁdʁ\.
What does "perdre" mean?
As a verb, "perdre" means: Être privé de quelque chose qu’on avait, qu’on possédait.
What words are commonly confused with "perdre"?
"perdre" is commonly confused with "père", "perdu", "perte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perdre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdre" is \pɛʁdʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdre" come from?
"perdre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.