perdreau
\pɛʁ.dʁo\
The verdict
“perdreau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perdrix de l’année, jeune perdrix.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perdreau · perdreau · French
perdreau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdreau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.dʁo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
perdreau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.dʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perdreau, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is perdreau, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Perdrix de l’année, jeune perdrix.
- 2Flic, policier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perdreau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les perdreaux se doivent manger rôtis : on les vuide, on les pique : on les fait cuire de belle couleur.
Au moment de servir, déballez, débridez et dressez; passez à l’étamine le jus égoutté, ajoutez-le à une sauce financière demi-liée, et saucez les perdreaux.
This word in other languages
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.