perses

/\pɛʁs\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,814

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

perses is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de perse. Pronounced \pɛʁs\. Often confused with près and perte.

Key facts for perses
PropertyValue
Headwordperses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\pɛʁs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,814
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perses in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for perses is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,814 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de perse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for perses, with forms such as "eprses", "peress", and "perrses". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "près", "perte", "perso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is perses, spelled P-E-R-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de perse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprses,peress,perrses,persess,persses,pesres,pperses,preses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perses

Misspelling Variants of "perses"

eprses6peress6perrses7persess7persses7pesres6pperses7preses6
Misspelling Variants of "perses"

Frequency rank: #20,814 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perses"?
"perses" is spelled P-E-R-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁs\.
What does "perses" mean?
As an adj, "perses" means: Pluriel de perse.
What words are commonly confused with "perses"?
"perses" is commonly confused with "près", "perte", "perso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perses" is \pɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perses" come from?
"perses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.