perplexité

\pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\

/\pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“perplexité” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,625
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui, celle qui est perplexe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perplexite · perplexité · French

perplexité · rank #44,625 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,625
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peroxyde

Nearest frequency peer: peroxyde (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « perplexité »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « perplexité » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perplexité vs perplexe
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perplexité
PropertyValue
Headwordperplexité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,625
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perplexité »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).perplexitése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « peroxyde » (#44,624), « personnification » (#44,626), « perdrais » (#44,623). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perplexité » est au #44,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around perplexité (IPA \pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,625 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État de celui, celle qui est perplexe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for perplexité, with forms such as "eprplexité", "peprlexité", and "perlpexité". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "perplexe", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 perplexité, spelled P-E-R-P-L-E-X-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de celui, celle qui est perplexe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how perplexité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le général resta pendant un moment en proie à des perplexités faciles à comprendre.
  2. Choisir un fruit, une femme ou une cravate le frappait d'une perplexité qui ressemblait à une angoisse.

Synonyms

incertitude

This word in other languages

perplexity(English)perplejidad(Español)Ratlosigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprplexité
  • peprlexité
  • perlpexité
  • perpelxité
  • perpleixté
  • perplexite
  • perplexitté
  • perplexiét
  • perplextié
  • perplexxité
  • perpllexité
  • perplxeité
  • perpplexité
  • perrplexité
  • pperplexité
  • preplexité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perplexité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprplexité2peprlexité2perlpexité2perpelxité2perpleixté2perplexite1perplexitté1perplexiét2
Edit distance from "perplexité"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perplexité"?
"perplexité" is spelled P-E-R-P-L-E-X-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\.
What does "perplexité" mean?
As a noun, "perplexité" means: État de celui, celle qui est perplexe.
What words are commonly confused with "perplexité"?
"perplexité" is commonly confused with "perplexe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perplexité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perplexité" is \pɛʁ.plɛk.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perplexité" come from?
"perplexité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perplexité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

populariser16 variantsprofitaient16 variantsracontaient16 variantsmicroscopie16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list