perron

\pɛ.ʁɔ̃\

/\pɛ.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“perron” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,556
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escalier extérieur et palier permettant l’accès à l’entrée d’un bâtiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perron · perron · French

perron · rank #18,556 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,556
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Percy

Nearest frequency peer: Percy (-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 « perron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perron » 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).

perron vs perso
67% similar
perron vs Perry
50% similar
perron vs petro
67% similar

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

Key facts for perron
PropertyValue
Headwordperron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.ʁɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,556
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perron »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perronse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Percy » (#18,555), « persos » (#18,557), « perceptions » (#18,554). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perron » est au #18,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around perron (IPA \pɛ.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,556 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for perron, with forms such as "eprron", "peron", and "perorn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "perso", "Perry", "petro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 perron, spelled P-E-R-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Escalier extérieur et palier permettant l’accès à l’entrée d’un bâtiment.
  2. 2
    Petite véranda.
  3. 3
    Monument symbolisant l’autonomie de certaines villes des anciennes principautés de Liège et Stavelot-Malmedy, ainsi que la justice de leur prince.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un perron étroit et rapide conduit à une porte basse située du côté du midi de la tour, […].
  2. Enfin il vit la voiture qui avait amené Sainte-Austreberthe revenir devant le perron du château, puis bientôt elle redescendit la côte : son sort était maintenant décidé.

This word in other languages

perron(English)Freitreppe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprron
  • peron
  • perorn
  • perrno
  • perronn
  • pperron
  • preron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprron2peron1perorn2perrno2perronn1pperron1preron2
Edit distance from "perron"

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 "perron"?
"perron" is spelled P-E-R-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "perron" mean?
As a noun, "perron" means: Escalier extérieur et palier permettant l’accès à l’entrée d’un bâtiment.
What words are commonly confused with "perron"?
"perron" is commonly confused with "perso", "Perry", "petro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perron" is \pɛ.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perron" come from?
"perron" 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 "perron", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

persos#18,557Phobie#18,558piston#18,560pantin#18,549

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Nixon7 variantsnettes7 variantsqueues7 variantsregain7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list