Perth

\pœʁs\

/\pœʁs\/ name

The verdict

“Perth” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,687
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Écosse située dans le district de Perth and Kinross, traversée par la Tay.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perth · Perth · French

Perth · rank #28,687 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,687
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH personnaliser

Nearest frequency peer: personnaliser (-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 « Perth »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Perth » 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).

Perth vs pet
40% similar
Perth vs peut
40% similar
Perth vs port
40% similar

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

Key facts for Perth
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerth
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pœʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,687
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Perth »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Perthse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « personnaliser » (#28,686), « persona » (#28,685), « Philibert » (#28,689). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Perth » est au #28,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Perth (IPA \pœʁs\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,687 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Perth, with forms such as "eprth", "perht", and "perrth". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pet", "peut", "port", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Perth, spelled P-E-R-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Écosse située dans le district de Perth and Kinross, traversée par la Tay.
  2. 2
    Ville d’Australie, capitale de l'État d’Australie-Occidentale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. PERTHSHIRE, (Géog. mod.) province d’Ecosse, au sud & à l’est d’Athol. Elle se divise en deux parties ; l’une qui porte proprement le nom de Perth, & l’autre celui de Gowri. Perth est au midi, & Gowri au nord de Perth.
  2. Judith l'entraîna sur le port où une voiture les attendait. Direction Perth : une bien belle ville, traversée par un tramway bruyant. Et par la Swan.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprth
  • perht
  • perrth
  • perthh
  • pertth
  • petrh
  • pperth
  • preth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Perth - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprth2perht2perrth1perthh1pertth1petrh2pperth1preth2
Edit distance from "Perth"

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 "Perth"?
"Perth" is spelled P-E-R-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is \pœʁs\.
What does "Perth" mean?
As a proper noun, "Perth" means: Ville d’Écosse située dans le district de Perth and Kinross, traversée par la Tay.
What words are commonly confused with "Perth"?
"Perth" is commonly confused with "pet", "peut", "port". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Perth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Perth" is \pœʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Perth" come from?
"Perth" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list