perversion
French, noun/pɛʁ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
perversion is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perversion is a French feminine noun meaning “perversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changement de bien en mal ; dépravation ; corruption”.
What does perversion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperversion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Changement de bien en mal ; dépravation ; corruption. 2. Trouble, dérangement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perversion
- perversions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perversion?
- /pɛʁ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \pɛʁ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perversion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perversion in French?
perversion appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).