périssent

\pe.ʁis\

/\pe.ʁis\/ verb

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The verdict

“périssent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,622
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de périr.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perissent · périssent · French

périssent · rank #43,622 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,622
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pédagogues

Nearest frequency peer: pédagogues (-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 « périssent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « périssent » 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).

périssent vs puissent
78% similar
périssent vs pressent
78% similar
périssent vs persistent
70% similar

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

Key facts for périssent
PropertyValue
Headwordpérissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pe.ʁis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,622
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « périssent »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pédagogues » (#43,621), « puérile » (#43,620), « rageant » (#43,624). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « périssent » est au #43,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around périssent (IPA \pe.ʁis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,622 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for périssent, with forms such as "perissent", "ppérissent", and "préissent". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "puissent", "pressent", "persistent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is périssent, spelled P-É-R-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de périr.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de périr.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de périr.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beauséant ! Bauséant ! s’écria Bois-Guilbert d’une voix de tonnerre ; périssent ainsi tous les détracteurs des chevaliers du Temple !
  2. Vous savez bien que le bon Dieu ne pardonne pas à ceux qui se périssent ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perissent
  • ppérissent
  • préissent
  • péirssent
  • périsent
  • périsesnt
  • périssennt
  • périssentt
  • périssetn
  • périssnet
  • pérrissent
  • pérsisent
  • éprissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of périssent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

perissent1ppérissent1préissent2péirssent2périsent1périsesnt2périssennt1périssentt1
Edit distance from "périssent"

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 "périssent"?
"périssent" is spelled P-É-R-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ʁis\.
What does "périssent" mean?
As a verb, "périssent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de périr.
What words are commonly confused with "périssent"?
"périssent" is commonly confused with "puissent", "pressent", "persistent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "périssent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "périssent" is \pe.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "périssent" come from?
"périssent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pulsation#43,619recordman#43,629prédisent#43,614regardées#43,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

restituée13 variantsplantent13 variantsrevêtent13 variantspianistes13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list