perle du Japon
\pɛʁl dy ʒa.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“perle du Japon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petites billes alimentaires confectionnées avec de la farine de manioc et parfois colorées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perle-du-japon · perle du Japon · French
perle du Japon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perle du Japon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁl dy ʒa.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
perle du Japon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁl dy ʒa.pɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petites billes alimentaires confectionnées avec de la farine de manioc et parfois colorées.".
No misspelling variants are generated for perle du Japon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 perle du Japon, spelled P-E-R-L-E- -D-U- -J-A-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petites billes alimentaires confectionnées avec de la farine de manioc et parfois colorées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perle du Japon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai fait une crème vanillée aux perles du Japon, susurra la jeune femme. C’est une recette traditionnelle à base de tapioca.
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