perds

\pɛʁ\

/\pɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“perds” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,378
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-perds · perds · French

perds · rank #5,378 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,378
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH planche

Nearest frequency peer: planche (+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 « perds »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perds » 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).

perds vs pes
60% similar
perds vs près
60% similar
perds vs pris
60% similar

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

Key facts for perds
PropertyValue
Headwordperds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,378
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perds »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perdsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « planche » (#5,379), « pasteur » (#5,376), « plu » (#5,380). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perds » est au #5,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around perds (IPA \pɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,378 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for perds, with forms such as "eprds", "pedrs", and "perdds". 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, "pes", "près", "pris", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is perds, spelled P-E-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de perdre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de perdre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how perds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est que j’ai une passion, j’adore les bibelots ; oh ! je bibelotte ! j’en perds le boire et le manger.
  2. Tu ne perds jamais la sorbonne, toi !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprds
  • pedrs
  • perdds
  • perdss
  • perrds
  • persd
  • pperds
  • preds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perds - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprds2pedrs2perdds1perdss1perrds1persd2pperds1preds2
Edit distance from "perds"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

opposer8 variantsneutre8 variantsmineur8 variantsmaxime8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list