perspiration
\pɛʁ.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“perspiration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Perspiration sensible) Transpiration, sudation, sueur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perspiration · perspiration · French
perspiration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | perspiration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perspiration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perspiration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perspiration, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 perspiration, spelled P-E-R-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1(Perspiration sensible) Transpiration, sudation, sueur.
- 2(Perspiration insensible) Ensemble des échanges respiratoires (élimination de vapeur d’eau, absorption de dioxygène) qui se font par l’intermédiaire des alvéoles pulmonaires et par évaporation à travers la peau sans sudation apparente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perspiration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chaleur, au contraire, fait affluer le sang à la surface du corps, active les fonctions de la peau et surtout la perspiration.
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.