perenn
\ˈpeː.rɛn\
The verdict
“perenn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poirier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perenn · perenn · French
perenn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | perenn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpeː.rɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perenn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perenn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpeː.rɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perenn, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is perenn, spelled P-E-R-E-N-N.
Definition
- 1Poirier.
- 2Poirier, figure consistant à rester en équilibre sur la tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perenn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gwechall e veze graet louzoù gant ludu koad perenn d'ar re a veze ampoezonet gant kabelloù-touseg, ha bremañ ne vez graet netra gant ar gwez per en apotikerezh.
Kizellet int bet e tammoù koad trocʼhet diwar ur berenn eus liorzh presbital Skrignag na zouge mui frouezh.
Synonyms
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.