périurbain
\pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“périurbain” is uncommon French (frequency #66,266 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,266
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne les environs d’une ville.
Corpus desk
Index FR-periurbain · périurbain · French
périurbain · rank #66,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,266
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pénalisée
Nearest frequency peer: pénalisée (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « périurbain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Publius
Publius
33,739 corpus weight
- pugnacité
pugnacité
33,738 corpus weight
- pustule
pustule
33,737 corpus weight
- pénalisée
pénalisée
33,736 corpus weight
- périurbain
périurbain
33,735 corpus weight
- racinaire
racinaire
33,731 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « périurbain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | périurbain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « périurbain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
périurbain is uncommon French at frequency #66,266 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for périurbain in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is périurbain, spelled P-É-R-I-U-R-B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne les environs d’une ville.
- 2Qualifie la zone de transition entre l'urbanité et la ruralité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how périurbain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La caractéristique du jardin ouvrier périurbain et du coin de terre rural, c’est d’engager l’initiative privée.
Cuy-Saint-Fiacre est une petite commune de 535 habitants située au sud du "désert" à 4,1 kilomètres du bureau de Gournay. Cette commune périurbaine est l'exemple type de la cité dortoir: aucun commerçant mais des pavillons.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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