performer
\pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mœʁ\
The verdict
“performer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,953
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui exécute une performance artistique, en direct, devant un public.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | performer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “performer” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around performer (IPA \pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,953 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for performer, with forms such as "eprformer", "pefrormer", and "perfformer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is performer, spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui exécute une performance artistique, en direct, devant un public.
- 2Personne qui exécute une performance sportive.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprformer
- pefrormer
- perfformer
- perfomrer
- perforemr
- performerr
- performmer
- performre
- perforrmer
- perfromer
- perofrmer
- perrformer
- pperformer
- preformer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of performer - 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.
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.
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Using “performer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.