perfide Albion
\pɛʁ.fi.d‿al.bjɔ̃\
The verdict
“perfide Albion” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angleterre ; Grande-Bretagne ; Royaume-Uni.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfide Albion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.fi.d‿al.bjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perfide Albion” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for perfide Albion is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.fi.d‿al.bjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perfide Albion, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is perfide Albion, spelled P-E-R-F-I-D-E- -A-L-B-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Angleterre ; Grande-Bretagne ; Royaume-Uni.
- 2Synonyme de Grande-Bretagne.
This word in other languages
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Using “perfide Albion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-F-I-D-E- -A-L-B-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.fi.d‿al.bjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.