Perpète-la-Ouf
\pɛʁ.pɛ.tla.uf\
The verdict
“Perpète-la-Ouf” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de lieu imaginaire, employé pour signifier qu’une personne habite dans un lieu isolé, difficile d'accès, un bled, un trou perdu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perpète-la-Ouf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.pɛ.tla.uf\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Perpète-la-Ouf” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Perpète-la-Ouf is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pɛʁ.pɛ.tla.uf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de lieu imaginaire, employé pour signifier qu’une personne habite dans un lieu isolé, difficile d'accès, un bled, un trou perdu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Perpète-la-Ouf 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Perpète-la-Ouf, spelled P-E-R-P-È-T-E---L-A---O-U-F.
Definition
- 1Nom de lieu imaginaire, employé pour signifier qu’une personne habite dans un lieu isolé, difficile d'accès, un bled, un trou perdu.
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.
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Using “Perpète-la-Ouf”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-P-È-T-E---L-A---O-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁ.pɛ.tla.uf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.