perdus

\pɛʁ.dy\

/\pɛʁ.dy\/ adj

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The verdict

“perdus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,799
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de perdu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perdus · perdus · French

perdus · rank #5,799 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,799
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patrons

Nearest frequency peer: patrons (-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 « perdus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perdus » 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).

perdus vs pers
67% similar
perdus vs pères
50% similar
perdus vs Pérou
33% similar

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

Key facts for perdus
PropertyValue
Headwordperdus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛʁ.dy\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,799
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perdus »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « patrons » (#5,798), « PME » (#5,800), « parvient » (#5,797). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perdus » est au #5,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around perdus (IPA \pɛʁ.dy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,799 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de perdu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for perdus, with forms such as "eprdus", "pedrus", and "perddus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pers", "pères", "Pérou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perdus, spelled P-E-R-D-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de perdu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Daudet porte sa maladie avec dignité, certes, mais la souffrance est usante et elle fait ressortir la désillusion des bonheurs perdus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprdus
  • pedrus
  • perddus
  • perdsu
  • perduss
  • perrdus
  • peruds
  • pperdus
  • predus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perdus - 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.

eprdus2pedrus2perddus1perdsu2perduss1perrdus1peruds2pperdus1
Edit distance from "perdus"

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 "perdus"?
"perdus" is spelled P-E-R-D-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.dy\.
What does "perdus" mean?
As an adjective, "perdus" means: Masculin pluriel de perdu.
What words are commonly confused with "perdus"?
"perdus" is commonly confused with "pers", "pères", "Pérou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perdus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdus" is \pɛʁ.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdus" come from?
"perdus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perdus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list