perfection
French, noun/pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃/
perfection is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfection is a French feminine noun meaning “perfection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est parfait dans son genre”.
What does perfection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperfection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est parfait dans son genre. 2. L’état le plus accompli de la vie religieuse. 3. Qualités excellentes, soit de l’âme, soit du corps. 4. État parfait.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perfection
- perfections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perfection?
- /pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\
- [pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perfection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perfection in French?
perfection appears 8.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).