perplexes
\pɛʁ.plɛks\
The verdict
“perplexes” is uncommon French (frequency #51,035 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,035
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de perplexe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perplexes · perplexes · French
perplexes · rank #51,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,035
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perfides
Nearest frequency peer: perfides (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « perplexes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pensionnats
pensionnats
48,969 corpus weight
- Perec
Perec
48,968 corpus weight
- perfides
perfides
48,967 corpus weight
- perplexes
perplexes
48,966 corpus weight
- perverti
perverti
48,965 corpus weight
- Pharrell
Pharrell
48,964 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « perplexes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perplexes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.plɛks\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perplexes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perplexes is uncommon French at frequency #51,035 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛʁ.plɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de perplexe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perplexes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perplexes, spelled P-E-R-P-L-E-X-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de perplexe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perplexes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur une étagère métallique, deux sculptures à la Giacometti semblaient s’élever dans l’espace tandis qu’au mur, une peinture monochrome de Robert Ryman laissait perplexes ceux qui n’y voyaient qu'un carré blanc.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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