péril rouge
\pe.ʁil ʁuʒ\
The verdict
“péril rouge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Risque supposé que le communisme surpasse l’Occident et gouverne le monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peril-rouge · péril rouge · French
péril rouge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péril rouge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁil ʁuʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péril rouge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péril rouge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ʁil ʁuʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Risque supposé que le communisme surpasse l’Occident et gouverne le monde.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for péril rouge, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is péril rouge, spelled P-É-R-I-L- -R-O-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Risque supposé que le communisme surpasse l’Occident et gouverne le monde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how péril rouge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il mit tout à coup son couteau d’argent entre ses dents et s’écria, jovial : « Regardez-moi… Je suis le Péril Rouge !… Vous savez bien, le croquemitaine des démocrates français… »
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.