perf

\pɛʁf\

/\pɛʁf\/ noun

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The verdict

“perf” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,321
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-perf · perf · French

perf · rank #24,321 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,321
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passation

Nearest frequency peer: passation (-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 « perf »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perf » 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).

perf vs Pr
25% similar
perf vs pF
25% similar
perf vs peu
50% similar

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

Key facts for perf
PropertyValue
Headwordperf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁf\
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,321
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perf »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perfse 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 « passation » (#24,320), « perpétue » (#24,322), « paroissiens » (#24,319). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perf » est au #24,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around perf (IPA \pɛʁf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,321 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Performance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for perf, with forms such as "eprf", "pefr", and "perff". 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, "Pr", "pF", "peu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 perf, spelled P-E-R-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Performance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle dort, assommée par les effets de l’anesthésie et des trucs qu’on lui a donnés pour qu’elle ne souffre pas trop. La perf veille sur elle. Tu parles d’une performance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprf
  • pefr
  • perff
  • perrf
  • pperf
  • pref

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprf2pefr2perff1perrf1pperf1pref2
Edit distance from "perf"

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 "perf"?
"perf" is spelled P-E-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁf\.
What does "perf" mean?
As a noun, "perf" means: Performance.
What words are commonly confused with "perf"?
"perf" is commonly confused with "Pr", "pF", "peu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perf" is \pɛʁf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perf" come from?
"perf" 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 "perf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paco#24,315muté#24,292MILF#24,287loco#24,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

oraux6 variantsRonnie6 variantslande6 variantssalam6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list