Perreault
\pɛ.ʁo\
The verdict
“Perreault” is uncommon French (frequency #54,789 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,789
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perreault · Perreault · French
Perreault · rank #54,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,789
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perpétrée
Nearest frequency peer: perpétrée (-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 « Perreault »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- peignent
peignent
45,214 corpus weight
- perpétrée
perpétrée
45,213 corpus weight
- Perreault
Perreault
45,212 corpus weight
- phallique
phallique
45,211 corpus weight
- Phuket
Phuket
45,210 corpus weight
- Piet
Piet
45,209 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Perreault » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perreault |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Perreault » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Perreault is uncommon French at frequency #54,789 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pɛ.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Perreault in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Perreault, spelled P-E-R-R-E-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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