persiflage
\pɛʁ.si.flaʒ\
The verdict
“persiflage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propos de celui ou celle qui persifle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-persiflage · persiflage · French
persiflage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persiflage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.si.flaʒ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
persiflage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.si.flaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propos de celui ou celle qui persifle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for persiflage in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is persiflage, spelled P-E-R-S-I-F-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Propos de celui ou celle qui persifle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how persiflage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était visible que chaque parole, chaque geste et surtout les continuelles et parfois gauches attentions de son mari l'agaçaient ; elle y répondait par une attitude hostile et méprisante, s'efforçant de la cacher sous un ton d'ironie familière et de persiflage affectueux […].
C'est l'apogée pour Dupatoy : sur le cadavre, il prononce un éloge funèbre dans lequel, tout en notant avec indulgence les erreurs et l'excessive audace de " son jeune ami " tombé, il rend hommage à la pureté de ses intentions stériles. Cet abject persiflage lui concilie définitivement les plus rebelles. La révolution est défaite.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.