Périgny

\pe.ʁi.ɲi\

/\pe.ʁi.ɲi\/ name

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The verdict

“Périgny” is uncommon French (frequency #87,995 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,995
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Allier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perigny · Périgny · French

Périgny · rank #87,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,995
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pénétrèrent

Nearest frequency peer: pénétrèrent (-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 « Périgny »

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 « Périgny » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Périgny
PropertyValue
HeadwordPérigny
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pe.ʁi.ɲi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,995
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Périgny » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Pérignytombe 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: « pénétrèrent » (#87,994), « périgée » (#87,996), « pédopornographiques » (#87,993). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Périgny » est au #87,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Périgny is uncommon French at frequency #87,995 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pe.ʁi.ɲi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Périgny has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Périgny, spelled P-É-R-I-G-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Allier.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département du Loir-et-Cher.
  5. 5
    Commune française, située dans le département du Val-de-Marne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Périgny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La psychologie du Rased (Réseaux d’aides spécialisées aux élèves en difficulté) de Périgny - Puilboreau - Saint-Xandre a besoin d’acheter deux mallettes concernant le dépistage de troubles cognitifs.
  2. Je viens de Périgny.

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 "Périgny"?
"Périgny" is spelled P-É-R-I-G-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁi.ɲi\.
What does "Périgny" mean?
As a proper noun, "Périgny" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Allier.
How do you pronounce "Périgny"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Périgny" is \pe.ʁi.ɲi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Périgny" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

périgée#87,996Qatarie#87,999quesque#88,006Pommery#87,960

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list