perlustrer
\pɛʁ.lys.tʁe\
The verdict
“perlustrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décrypter (un document écrit en chiffre).
Corpus desk
Index FR-perlustrer · perlustrer · French
perlustrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | perlustrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.lys.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perlustrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perlustrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁ.lys.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Décrypter (un document écrit en chiffre).".
No misspelling variants are generated for perlustrer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is perlustrer, spelled P-E-R-L-U-S-T-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Décrypter (un document écrit en chiffre).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perlustrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos cryptographes, qui se sont acquis une prestigieuse habileté dans l'art cabalistique et passionnant de traduire, ou, comme on disait jadis, de « perlustrer » la correspondance chiffrée des ambassades étrangères, s'évertuent depuis trois jours à découvrir la signification d'un logogriphe, qui va peut-être nous livrer tout le secret de l'affaire Dreyfus.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.