pervenche
\pɛʁ.vɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“pervenche” is uncommon French (frequency #57,496 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,496
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire donné principalement aux plantes rampantes du genre Vinca (Apocynacées), aux fleurs bleues ou blanches et aux feuilles persistantes, communes dans les sous-bois d’Europe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pervenche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.vɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pervenche” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pervenche is uncommon French at frequency #57,496 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.vɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pervenche in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 pervenche, spelled P-E-R-V-E-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire donné principalement aux plantes rampantes du genre Vinca (Apocynacées), aux fleurs bleues ou blanches et aux feuilles persistantes, communes dans les sous-bois d’Europe.
- 2Fleur que porte cette plante, de couleur bleue, plus rarement blanche.
- 3Désigne aussi la pervenche de Madagascar (Catharanthus roseus) et quelques espèces proches cultivées pour l’ornement ou la pharmacopée.
- 4Fonctionnaire de police chargée de vérifier le stationnement des voitures, contractuelle.
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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.
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Using “pervenche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-V-E-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.