permagélisol
\pɛʁ.ma.ʒe.li.sɔl\
The verdict
“permagélisol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pergélisol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-permagelisol · permagélisol · French
permagélisol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | permagélisol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.ma.ʒe.li.sɔl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
permagélisol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.ma.ʒe.li.sɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pergélisol.".
permagélisol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 permagélisol, spelled P-E-R-M-A-G-É-L-I-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1Pergélisol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how permagélisol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fonte du permagélisol est un vrai problème, mais pas seulement pour le climat.
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.