persécutée

\pɛʁ.se.ky.te\

/\pɛʁ.se.ky.te\/ noun

The verdict

“persécutée” is uncommon French (frequency #54,153 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,153
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui est persécutée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persecutee · persécutée · French

persécutée · rank #54,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,153
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH persécute

Nearest frequency peer: persécute (-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 « persécutée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « persécutée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for persécutée
PropertyValue
Headwordpersécutée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.se.ky.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « persécutée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).persécutéetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « persécute » (#54,152), « Perrache » (#54,151), « physiologiste » (#54,155). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persécutée » est au #54,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

persécutée is uncommon French at frequency #54,153 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.se.ky.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui est persécutée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for persécutée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is persécutée, spelled P-E-R-S-É-C-U-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui est persécutée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y aurait lieu de se demander si cette jeune fille, au lieu d’être une persécutée comme on l’a cru, ne serait pas simplement une hystérique qui a vécu dans une atmosphère de persécution délirante.

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 "persécutée"?
"persécutée" is spelled P-E-R-S-É-C-U-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.se.ky.te\.
What does "persécutée" mean?
As a noun, "persécutée" means: Femme qui est persécutée.
How do you pronounce "persécutée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persécutée" is \pɛʁ.se.ky.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persécutée" come from?
"persécutée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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 "persécutée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list