performent

\pɛʁ.fɔʁm\

/\pɛʁ.fɔʁm\/ verb

The verdict

“performent” is uncommon French (frequency #84,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,155
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent présent du verbe performer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-performent · performent · French

performent · rank #84,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,155
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perc

Nearest frequency peer: perc (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « performent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « performent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for performent
PropertyValue
Headwordperforment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.fɔʁm\
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « performent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.performenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « perc » (#84,154), « perhaps » (#84,156), « peptide » (#84,153). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « performent » est au #84,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

performent is uncommon French at frequency #84,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁ.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for performent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is performent, spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent présent du verbe performer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe performer.

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 "performent"?
"performent" is spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.fɔʁm\.
What does "performent" mean?
As a verb, "performent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent présent du verbe performer.
How do you pronounce "performent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "performent" is \pɛʁ.fɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "performent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list