péréquation

Name: péréquation, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\

/\pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“péréquation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,205
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Égalité, répartition égale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perequation · péréquation · French

péréquation · rank #27,205 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,205
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH périr

Nearest frequency peer: périr (-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.

présager

72,799
prônant

72,798
périr

72,797
péréquation

72,796
radeau

72,794
radiodiffus…

72,793

What this shows « péréquation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for péréquation
Property	Value
Headword	péréquation
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#27,205
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « péréquation »

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

#27,205

#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 « périr » (#27,204), « prônant » (#27,203), « radeau » (#27,207). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « péréquation » est au #27,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around péréquation (IPA \pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,205 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for péréquation, with forms such as "perequation", "ppéréquation", and "prééquation". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is péréquation, spelled P-É-R-É-Q-U-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Égalité, répartition égale.
2
Financement des activités déficitaires d’une entreprise ou d’une administration par les recettes perçues auprès d’autres clients ou usagers.
3
Systèmes de transferts d’impôts entre les entités fédérées d’un État fédéral ou de redistribution du financement de l’État parmi des entités territoriales à l’intérieur d’un État unitaire

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

La péréquation de l’impôt.
La péréquation des traitements.

This word in other languages

equalization payment(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

perequation
ppéréquation
prééquation
pérqéuation
pérréquation
péréqaution
péréqquation
péréquaiton
péréquatino
péréquationn
péréquatoin
péréquattion
péréqutaion
péréuqation
péérquation
épréquation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "péréquation"

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 "péréquation"?

"péréquation" is spelled P-É-R-É-Q-U-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\.

What does "péréquation" mean?

As a noun, "péréquation" means: Égalité, répartition égale.

What are common misspellings of "péréquation"?

Common misspellings include "perequation", "ppéréquation", "prééquation", "pérqéuation", "pérréquation". The correct spelling is "péréquation".

How do you pronounce "péréquation"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "péréquation" is \pe.ʁe.kwa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "péréquation" come from?

"péréquation" 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 "péréquation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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