perruche
\pɛ.ʁyʃ\
The verdict
“perruche” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,518 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,518
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom normalisé donné à 24 genres d'oiseaux granivores de la famille des psittaculidés (e.g. inséparables, loris, etc.), de taille plus petite que celle des perroquets « vrais » et que l’on distingue...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perruche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.ʁyʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perruche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for perruche is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛ.ʁyʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,518 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for perruche, with forms such as "eprruche", "perrcuhe", and "perrucche". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "perruque", "perche", "peluche", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perruche, spelled P-E-R-R-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nom normalisé donné à 24 genres d'oiseaux granivores de la famille des psittaculidés (e.g. inséparables, loris, etc.), de taille plus petite que celle des perroquets « vrais » et que l’on distingue généralement par leur queue fine et allongée, et que l’on rencontre dans les régions paléotropicales d’Afrique centrale et du sud, d’Asie et d’Australasie.
- 2Femelle du perroquet, perroquette.
- 3Femme prétentieuse et parlant à tort et à travers.
- 4Mât, la vergue et la voile qui se trouvent au-dessus du perroquet d’artimon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprruche,perrcuhe,perrucche,perruceh,perruchhe,perruhce,peruche,perurche,pperruche,preruche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perruche - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “perruche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-R-U-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛ.ʁyʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “perruque” - see the side-by-side comparison. perruche vs perruque
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.