Perreux
\pe.ʁø\
The verdict
“Perreux” is uncommon French (frequency #58,154 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,154
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perreux · Perreux · French
Perreux · rank #58,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,154
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perpétuels
Nearest frequency peer: perpétuels (-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 « Perreux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- percutante
percutante
41,850 corpus weight
- perforée
perforée
41,849 corpus weight
- perpétuels
perpétuels
41,848 corpus weight
- Perreux
Perreux
41,847 corpus weight
- persistait
persistait
41,845 corpus weight
- petty
petty
41,844 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Perreux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perreux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Perreux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Perreux is uncommon French at frequency #58,154 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pe.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Perreux, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Perreux, spelled P-E-R-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire.
- 2Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne intégrée à la commune de Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye en janvier 2016.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Perreux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un crash d’ULM s’est produit aujourd’hui samedi 29 mars, vers 12 h 30, sur une piste d’atterrissage privée, au lieu-dit Champcorgeon sur la commune de Perreux (Puisaye). Le pilote de l’appareil a été transporté à l’hôpital de Joigny. Son pronostic vital n’était pas engagé. Son passager est ressorti indemne.
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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