pernette
\pɛʁ.nɛt\
The verdict
“pernette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Support d’une forme (un moule) à sucre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pernette · pernette · French
pernette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | pernette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pernette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pernette, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pernette, spelled P-E-R-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Support d’une forme (un moule) à sucre.
- 2Support destiné à protéger les poteries lorsqu’elles sont empilées l’une dans l’autre en vue de leur cuisson au four.
- 3Coccinelle, bête à bon Dieu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pernette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
PERNETTE, espèce de prisme triangulaire qu’on fait à la main ou au moule.
L’encastage des pièces vernissées se fait en échappade et dans des cazettes à pernette.
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.