perpétratrice
\pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁa.tʁis\
The verdict
“perpétratrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autrice ou personnage qui perpètre un délit ou un crime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perpetratrice · perpétratrice · French
perpétratrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | perpétratrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁa.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
perpétratrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁa.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autrice ou personnage qui perpètre un délit ou un crime.".
perpétratrice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is perpétratrice, spelled P-E-R-P-É-T-R-A-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Autrice ou personnage qui perpètre un délit ou un crime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perpétratrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que si ladite perpétratrice ne comparoissoit, soit pour s'excuser & justifier , ayant duement été citée & assignée, il ne devra être tenu contre icelle aucune formalité, que comme pour fait criminel, soit qu'il se fasse instance de la part des parens du défunt, ou non.
This word in other languages
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.