périurbains
\pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“périurbains” is uncommon French (frequency #87,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,060
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de périurbain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-periurbains · périurbains · French
périurbains · rank #87,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,060
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH périnatale
Nearest frequency peer: périnatale (-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 « périurbains »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Pyrex
Pyrex
12,944 corpus weight
- pépiniérist…
pépiniéristes
12,943 corpus weight
- périnatale
périnatale
12,942 corpus weight
- périurbains
périurbains
12,941 corpus weight
- pétioles
pétioles
12,940 corpus weight
- pétrissage
pétrissage
12,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « périurbains » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | périurbains |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « périurbains » en français
Rare enough to double-check
périurbains is uncommon French at frequency #87,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ʁi.yʁ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de périurbain.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for périurbains, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is périurbains, spelled P-É-R-I-U-R-B-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de périurbain.
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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