pertinacité
\pɛʁ.ti.na.si.te\
The verdict
“pertinacité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ténacité extrême, opiniâtreté, entêtement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pertinacite · pertinacité · French
pertinacité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | pertinacité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.ti.na.si.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pertinacité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.ti.na.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ténacité extrême, opiniâtreté, entêtement.".
pertinacité has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pertinacité, spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-A-C-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Ténacité extrême, opiniâtreté, entêtement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pertinacité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certes, la France renferme plus d’un homme instruit, plus d’un patriote par Commune ; mais je suis certain qu’il n’existe pas dans chaque Canton un homme qui, à ces précieuses qualités, joigne le vouloir continu, la pertinacité du maréchal battant son fer.
Mais il y a une chose qu’un prêtre catholique ne peut pas faire : c’est décider que des hommes qui se sont battus toute leur vie contre l’Eglise catholique, qui ont fait profession (rétribuée) de blasphème, qui ont volontairement et avec pertinacité blessé les croyants en insultant ce qu’ils ont de plus sacré, qui ont voulu ridiculiser le Christ Fils de D…
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.