perdrix

/\pɛʁ.dʁi\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,824

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

perdrix is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nom normalisé réservé à six genres de gallinacés de petite taille, de la sous-famille des perdicinés (e.g. cailles, francolins, lagopèdes, etc.) et au sein de la famille des phasianidés, vivant en ... Pronounced \pɛʁ.dʁi\. Often confused with perrin and perdre.

Key facts for perdrix
PropertyValue
Headwordperdrix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.dʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,824
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for perdrix is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.dʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,824 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for perdrix, with forms such as "eprdrix", "pedrrix", and "perddrix". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "perrin", "perdre", "perdra", 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 perdrix, spelled P-E-R-D-R-I-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom normalisé réservé à six genres de gallinacés de petite taille, de la sous-famille des perdicinés (e.g. cailles, francolins, lagopèdes, etc.) et au sein de la famille des phasianidés, vivant en Europe, en Asie ou en Afrique du Nord, dont les genres les mieux connus sont Perdix (incluant la perdrix grise) et Alectoris (qui inclut la perdrix rouge, la perdrix bartavelle, la perdrix choukar, etc.).
  2. 2
    Nom donné à diverses autres espèces d’oiseaux pouvant rappeler les perdrix proprement dites.
  3. 3
    Nom donné à diverses autres espèces d’oiseaux pouvant rappeler les perdrix proprement dites.
  4. 4
    Viande de perdrix.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprdrix,pedrrix,perddrix,perdirx,perdrixx,perdrrix,perdrxi,perrdix,perrdrix,pperdrix,predrix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perdrix

Misspelling Variants of "perdrix"

eprdrix7pedrrix7perddrix8perdirx7perdrixx8perdrrix8perdrxi7perrdix7
Misspelling Variants of "perdrix"

Frequency rank: #33,824 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdrix"?
"perdrix" is spelled P-E-R-D-R-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.dʁi\.
What does "perdrix" mean?
As a noun, "perdrix" means: Nom normalisé réservé à six genres de gallinacés de petite taille, de la sous-famille des perdicinés (e.g. cailles, francolins, lagopèdes, etc.) et au sein de la famille des phasianidés, vivant en ...
What words are commonly confused with "perdrix"?
"perdrix" is commonly confused with "perrin", "perdre", "perdra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perdrix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdrix" is \pɛʁ.dʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdrix" come from?
"perdrix" 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.