périr

\pe.ʁiʁ\

/\pe.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“périr” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,204
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre fin ; cesser d’être.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perir · périr · French

périr · rank #27,204 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,204
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prônant

Nearest frequency peer: prônant (-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 « périr »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « périr » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

périr vs pri
60% similar
périr vs pir
60% similar
périr vs prix
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for périr
PropertyValue
Headwordpérir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pe.ʁiʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,204
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « périr »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).périrse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prônant » (#27,203), « péréquation » (#27,205), « présager » (#27,202). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « périr » est au #27,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around périr (IPA \pe.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,204 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for périr, with forms such as "perir", "ppérir", and "préir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pri", "pir", "prix", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is périr, spelled P-É-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prendre fin ; cesser d’être.
  2. 2
    Avoir une fin malheureuse ou violente.
  3. 3
    Être détruit, en parlant des choses.
  4. 4
    Être ruiné ou anéanti.
  5. 5
    Tomber en forclusion, en prescription, périmer.
  6. 6
    Se tuer, se suicider.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. Duménil, faible alors, condamné à périr bientôt d'un mal incurable, se trouvait rarement en état de diriger les essais du Marquis : […].
  2. Par la barbe d’Aaron ! qu’arrivera-t-il si ce jeune homme meurt ? S’il périt entre nos mains, ne serons-nous pas accusés de sa mort […]

This word in other languages

perish(English)perecer(Español)umkommen(Deutsch)perecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perir
  • ppérir
  • préir
  • péirr
  • périrr
  • pérrir
  • éprir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of périr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

perir1ppérir1préir2péirr2périrr1pérrir1éprir2
Edit distance from "périr"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "périr"?
"périr" is spelled P-É-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁiʁ\.
What does "périr" mean?
As a verb, "périr" means: Prendre fin ; cesser d’être.
What words are commonly confused with "périr"?
"périr" is commonly confused with "pri", "pir", "prix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "périr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "périr" is \pe.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "périr" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "périr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prune#27,199priés#27,197recel#27,211prado#27,193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

radeau7 variantsresserre7 variantspepper7 variantsskier7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list