périple

/\pe.ʁipl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,125

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

périple is aFrenchnoun. It means: Navigation autour d’une mer ou autour des côtes d’un pays, d’une partie du monde, etc. Pronounced \pe.ʁipl\. Often confused with perle and peuple.

Key facts for périple
PropertyValue
Headwordpériple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.ʁipl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,125
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of périple in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for périple is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.ʁipl\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,125 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for périple, with forms such as "periple", "ppériple", and "préiple". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "perle", "peuple", "purple", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is périple, spelled P-É-R-I-P-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Navigation autour d’une mer ou autour des côtes d’un pays, d’une partie du monde, etc.
  2. 2
    Récit d’une navigation de ce genre.
  3. 3
    Long voyage, comportant de multiples étapes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: periple,ppériple,préiple,péirple,périlpe,péripel,périplle,péripple,pérpile,pérriple,épriple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for périple

Misspelling Variants of "périple"

periple7ppériple8préiple7péirple7périlpe7péripel7périplle8péripple8
Misspelling Variants of "périple"

Frequency rank: #14,125 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "périple"?
"périple" is spelled P-É-R-I-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁipl\.
What does "périple" mean?
As a noun, "périple" means: Navigation autour d’une mer ou autour des côtes d’un pays, d’une partie du monde, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "périple"?
"périple" is commonly confused with "perle", "peuple", "purple". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "périple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "périple" is \pe.ʁipl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "périple" come from?
"périple" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.