perruche

\pɛ.ʁyʃ\

/\pɛ.ʁyʃ\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“perruche” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,518
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index FR-perruche · perruche · French

perruche · rank #42,518 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,518
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perdurent

Nearest frequency peer: perdurent (-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 « perruche »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perruche » 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).

perruche vs perruque
75% similar
perruche vs perche
75% similar
perruche vs peluche
75% similar

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

Key facts for perruche
PropertyValue
Headwordperruche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.ʁyʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,518
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perruche »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.perruchese 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 « perdurent » (#42,517), « pesaient » (#42,519), « perdirent » (#42,516). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perruche » est au #42,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around perruche (IPA \pɛ.ʁyʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,518 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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 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.
  2. 2
    Femelle du perroquet, perroquette.
  3. 3
    Femme prétentieuse et parlant à tort et à travers.
  4. 4
    Mât, la vergue et la voile qui se trouvent au-dessus du perroquet d’artimon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Moricet.— Vous souvenez-vous de votre perruche ?… Elle venait de mourir, votre pauvre petite perruche qui disait si gentiment : (Avec des larmes dans la voix.) “Donnez-moi du tafia, chameau, chameau, chameau !…”
  2. Je ne vous demande pas d'extirper de ma poche une perruche vivante, opération classique, paraît-il, chez les esprits.

This word in other languages

parakeet(English)periquito(Español)Sittich(Deutsch)periquito(Português)

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.

eprruche2perrcuhe2perrucche1perruceh2perruchhe1perruhce2peruche1perurche2
Edit distance from "perruche"

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 "perruche"?
"perruche" is spelled P-E-R-R-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.ʁyʃ\.
What does "perruche" mean?
As a noun, "perruche" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "perruche"?
"perruche" is commonly confused with "perruque", "perche", "peluche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perruche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perruche" is \pɛ.ʁyʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perruche" come from?
"perruche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pesaient#42,519penderie#42,513pastiche#42,510plaidant#42,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

parloir10 variantsorageuse10 variantsprêtez10 variantsNunavut10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list