péripéties
\pe.ʁi.pe.si\
The verdict
“péripéties” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,533
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de péripétie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peripeties · péripéties · French
péripéties · rank #17,533 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,533
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH quest
Nearest frequency peer: quest (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “péripéties”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- projectiles
projectiles
82,471 corpus weight
- propulsion
propulsion
82,470 corpus weight
- péripéties
péripéties
82,468 corpus weight
- quest
quest
82,467 corpus weight
- quota
quota
82,466 corpus weight
- racontant
racontant
82,465 corpus weight
What this shows “péripéties” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | péripéties |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.pe.si\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #17,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “péripéties” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around péripéties (IPA \pe.ʁi.pe.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,533 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de péripétie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for péripéties, with forms such as "peripeties", "ppéripéties", and "préipéties". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "perpétrés", "périmètres", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is péripéties, spelled P-É-R-I-P-É-T-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de péripétie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how péripéties appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il existe des femmes dont le cœur trop fortement dilaté s’anévrise dans ces terribles péripéties; d’autres, chez lesquelles le sang se tourne, et qui font de graves maladies.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- peripeties
- ppéripéties
- préipéties
- péirpéties
- périppéties
- périptéies
- péripéites
- péripéteis
- péripétiess
- péripétise
- péripétties
- périépties
- pérpiéties
- pérripéties
- épripéties
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of péripéties - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).