périonyxis
\pe.ʁi.ɔ.nik.sis\
The verdict
“périonyxis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation du pourtour de l'ongle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perionyxis · périonyxis · French
périonyxis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | périonyxis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.ɔ.nik.sis\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
périonyxis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ʁi.ɔ.nik.sis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation du pourtour de l'ongle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for périonyxis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 périonyxis, spelled P-É-R-I-O-N-Y-X-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation du pourtour de l'ongle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how périonyxis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le régime agricole réunit en un seul tableau mycoses cutanées, onyxis et périonyxis.
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.