persécutent

\pɛʁ.se.kyt\

/\pɛʁ.se.kyt\/ verb

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The verdict

“persécutent” is uncommon French (frequency #73,435 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,435
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de persécuter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persecutent · persécutent · French

persécutent · rank #73,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,435
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH personnifiée

Nearest frequency peer: personnifiée (-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 « persécutent »

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 « persécutent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for persécutent
PropertyValue
Headwordpersécutent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.se.kyt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#73,435
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « persécutent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).persécutenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « personnifiée » (#73,434), « philologique » (#73,436), « permettrez » (#73,433). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persécutent » est au #73,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

persécutent is uncommon French at frequency #73,435 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɛʁ.se.kyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

persécutent has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is persécutent, spelled P-E-R-S-É-C-U-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de persécuter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de persécuter.

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 "persécutent"?
"persécutent" is spelled P-E-R-S-É-C-U-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.se.kyt\.
What does "persécutent" mean?
As a verb, "persécutent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de persécuter.
How do you pronounce "persécutent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persécutent" is \pɛʁ.se.kyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persécutent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

radicalisée#73,481recueillons#73,492récréations#73,525résisterait#73,529

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list