péri

/\pe.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,649

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

péri is aFrenchnoun. It means: Génie féminin qui, dans les contes persans, joue un rôle analogue à celui des fées dans les contes occidentaux. Pronounced \pe.ʁi\. Often confused with Pr and pi.

Key facts for péri
PropertyValue
Headwordpéri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.ʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,649
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of péri in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for péri is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,649 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Génie féminin qui, dans les contes persans, joue un rôle analogue à celui des fées dans les contes occidentaux.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for péri, with forms such as "peri", "ppéri", and "préi". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "pi", "peu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is péri, spelled P-É-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Génie féminin qui, dans les contes persans, joue un rôle analogue à celui des fées dans les contes occidentaux.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: peri,ppéri,préi,péir,pérri,épri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for péri

Misspelling Variants of "péri"

peri4ppéri5préi4péir4pérri5épri4
Misspelling Variants of "péri"

Frequency rank: #12,649 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "péri"?
"péri" is spelled P-É-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁi\.
What does "péri" mean?
As a noun, "péri" means: Génie féminin qui, dans les contes persans, joue un rôle analogue à celui des fées dans les contes occidentaux.
What words are commonly confused with "péri"?
"péri" is commonly confused with "Pr", "pi", "peu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "péri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "péri" is \pe.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "péri" come from?
"péri" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.