périnéal

\pe.ʁi.ne.al\

/\pe.ʁi.ne.al\/ adj

The verdict

“périnéal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au périnée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perineal · périnéal · French

périnéal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for périnéal
PropertyValue
Headwordpérinéal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.ʁi.ne.al\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « périnéal » en français

périnéaln'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

périnéal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ʁi.ne.al\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au périnée.".

No misspelling variants are generated for périnéal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is périnéal, spelled P-É-R-I-N-É-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au périnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par ailleurs, la rééducation périnéale fait des miracles : non seulement les femmes retrouvent leurs sensations, mais nombre d’entre elles ont à la fin un périnée dix fois plus tonique qu’avant d’avoir des enfants.
  2. L’enceinte abdomino-pelvienne est bien délimitée : dans sa partie supérieure par le diaphragme, dans sa partie postérieure par la colonne vertébrale, les muscles paravertébraux et les côtes, dans sa partie antérieure par les abdominaux et dans sa partie inférieure par le bassin qui se referme finalement par la zone périnéale.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "périnéal"?
"périnéal" is spelled P-É-R-I-N-É-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁi.ne.al\.
What does "périnéal" mean?
As an adjective, "périnéal" means: Relatif au périnée.
How do you pronounce "périnéal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "périnéal" is \pe.ʁi.ne.al\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "périnéal" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list