perlée

\pɛʁ.le\

/\pɛʁ.le\/ noun

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The verdict

“perlée” is uncommon French (frequency #90,019 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,019
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des géométridés (Geometridae), d’Eurasie et d’Afrique du Nord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perlee · perlée · French

perlée · rank #90,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,019
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perfume

Nearest frequency peer: perfume (-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 « perlée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « perlée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perlée
PropertyValue
Headwordperlée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,019
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « perlée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perléetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « perfume » (#90,018), « persistaient » (#90,020), « perdiez » (#90,017). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perlée » est au #90,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perlée is uncommon French at frequency #90,019 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des géométridés (Geometridae), d’Eurasie et d’Afrique du Nord.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perlée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is perlée, spelled P-E-R-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des géométridés (Geometridae), d’Eurasie et d’Afrique du Nord.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La chenille de la perlée se nourrit sur des hêtres, charmes, chênes, bouleaux, etc.

Synonyms

céladon

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 "perlée"?
"perlée" is spelled P-E-R-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.le\.
What does "perlée" mean?
As a noun, "perlée" means: Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des géométridés (Geometridae), d’Eurasie et d’Afrique du Nord.
How do you pronounce "perlée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perlée" is \pɛʁ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perlée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pavots#90,014pavant#90,013pliait#90,037palmés#90,000

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list