périmées

\pe.ʁi.me\

/\pe.ʁi.me\/ adj

The verdict

“périmées” is uncommon French (frequency #54,822 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,822
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de périmé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perimees · périmées · French

périmées · rank #54,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,822
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH quarterly

Nearest frequency peer: quarterly (+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 « périmées »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for périmées
PropertyValue
Headwordpérimées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.ʁi.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,822
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « périmées » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).périméestombe 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: « quarterly » (#54,823), « pâtit » (#54,820), « quittance » (#54,824). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « périmées » est au #54,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

périmées is uncommon French at frequency #54,822 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ʁi.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de périmé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for périmées, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is périmées, spelled P-É-R-I-M-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de périmé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C'est cet état général d’incertitude intellectuelle qui permet chez beaucoup la persistance d’attitudes doctrinales périmées, irréalistes, sans que l'on puisse faire de leurs égarements des symptômes psycho-pathologiques.

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 "périmées"?
"périmées" is spelled P-É-R-I-M-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁi.me\.
What does "périmées" mean?
As an adjective, "périmées" means: Féminin pluriel de périmé.
How do you pronounce "périmées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "périmées" is \pe.ʁi.me\. 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 "périmées", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list