périmètre
\pe.ʁi.mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“périmètre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,990
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contour d’une figure plane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perimetre · périmètre · French
périmètre · rank #6,990 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,990
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH rapporter
Nearest frequency peer: rapporter (+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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « périmètre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- posséder
posséder
93,015 corpus weight
- power
power
93,014 corpus weight
- pressions
pressions
93,013 corpus weight
- périmètre
périmètre
93,011 corpus weight
- rapporter
rapporter
93,010 corpus weight
- reconnus
reconnus
93,008 corpus weight
What this shows « périmètre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | périmètre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « périmètre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around périmètre (IPA \pe.ʁi.mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,990 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for périmètre, with forms such as "perimetre", "ppérimètre", and "préimètre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "permette", "perpétré", "permettre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is périmètre, spelled P-É-R-I-M-È-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Contour d’une figure plane.
- 2Longueur de ce contour.
- 3Surface environnante.
- 4Champ d'action autorisé d'une personne ou d'un projet.
- 5Appareil utilisé pour étudier le champ visuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how périmètre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le périmètre d’un des grands cercles de la sphère.
Le problème de l’excès de sel se pose dans de nombreux périmètres irrigués des régions sèches. Leur amélioration peut se faire par des apports de gypse ou de phosphogypse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perimetre
- ppérimètre
- préimètre
- péirmètre
- périmmètre
- périmtère
- périmèrte
- périmèter
- périmètrre
- périmèttre
- périèmtre
- pérmiètre
- pérrimètre
- éprimètre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of périmètre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).