persister

\pɛʁ.sis.te\

/\pɛʁ.sis.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“persister” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,178
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demeurer ferme et arrêté dans son sentiment, dans ce qu’on a dit, dans ce qu’on a résolu, en dépit d’une résistance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persister · persister · French

persister · rank #31,178 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,178
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perruques

Nearest frequency peer: perruques (-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 « persister »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « persister » 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).

persister vs persisté
78% similar
persister vs persistent
80% similar

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

Key facts for persister
PropertyValue
Headwordpersister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛʁ.sis.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,178
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « persister »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).persisterse 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 « perruques » (#31,177), « persuade » (#31,179), « percutant » (#31,176). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persister » est au #31,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around persister (IPA \pɛʁ.sis.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,178 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for persister, with forms such as "eprsister", "perisster", and "perrsister". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "persisté", "persistent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is persister, spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demeurer ferme et arrêté dans son sentiment, dans ce qu’on a dit, dans ce qu’on a résolu, en dépit d’une résistance.
  2. 2
    Durer, continuer.
  3. 3
    Enregistrer les changements effectués sur un objet dans la base de donnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La majorité des gens a du mal à persister, ne serait-ce qu'une semaine. Tu l'as fait et je t'en félicite. Tu as fait le plus difficile, mais ce n'est pas terminé.
  2. Les Groenlandais danois sont devenus de bons chrétiens ; ils persistent toutefois, à témoigner leur confiance à l’« Angakok ». Ce personnage important peut être comparé au rebouteux ou sorcier de nos campagnes.

This word in other languages

persist(English)persistir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsister
  • perisster
  • perrsister
  • persisetr
  • persisster
  • persisterr
  • persistre
  • persistter
  • persitser
  • perssister
  • perssiter
  • pesrister
  • ppersister
  • presister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persister - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprsister2perisster2perrsister1persisetr2persisster1persisterr1persistre2persistter1
Edit distance from "persister"

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 "persister"?
"persister" is spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sis.te\.
What does "persister" mean?
As a verb, "persister" means: Demeurer ferme et arrêté dans son sentiment, dans ce qu’on a dit, dans ce qu’on a résolu, en dépit d’une résistance.
What words are commonly confused with "persister"?
"persister" is commonly confused with "persisté", "persistent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persister" is \pɛʁ.sis.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persister" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perruques#31,177percutant#31,176parvenant#31,168paralyser#31,166

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

ravitailler14 variantsretrouvais14 variantsLafontaine14 variantsintéresses14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list