perversité

\pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\

/\pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“perversité” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,417
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de celui qui est pervers, qui a de la complaisance pour la dépravation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perversite · perversité · French

perversité · rank #40,417 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,417
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perspicacité

Nearest frequency peer: perspicacité (-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 « perversité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « perversité » 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).

perversité vs perverse
70% similar
perversité vs perversion
80% similar

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

Key facts for perversité
PropertyValue
Headwordperversité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#40,417
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perversité »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).perversitése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « perspicacité » (#40,416), « perpétuent » (#40,415), « Petrus » (#40,419). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perversité » est au #40,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around perversité (IPA \pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,417 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for perversité, with forms such as "eprversité", "perevrsité", and "perrversité". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "perverse", "perversion", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is perversité, spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de celui qui est pervers, qui a de la complaisance pour la dépravation.
  2. 2
    Nature de ce qui est pervers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Suis-je une brute inconsciente, livrée au despotisme de l’instinct, vouée au fatalisme de la perversité ? Un fou que le sang attire comme des lèvres de femme, et qui se rue au meurtre, comme on se rue à l’amour ?
  2. Cet homme est d’une profonde perversité.

This word in other languages

perversity(English)perversidad(Español)perversidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprversité
  • perevrsité
  • perrversité
  • perveristé
  • perverrsité
  • perversite
  • perversitté
  • perversiét
  • perverssité
  • perverstié
  • pervesrité
  • pervresité
  • pervversité
  • pevrersité
  • pperversité
  • preversité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perversité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprversité2perevrsité2perrversité1perveristé2perverrsité1perversite1perversitté1perversiét2
Edit distance from "perversité"

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 "perversité"?
"perversité" is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\.
What does "perversité" mean?
As a noun, "perversité" means: Caractère de celui qui est pervers, qui a de la complaisance pour la dépravation.
What words are commonly confused with "perversité"?
"perversité" is commonly confused with "perverse", "perversion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perversité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perversité" is \pɛʁ.vɛʁ.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perversité" come from?
"perversité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perpétuent#40,415parvinrent#40,413pitoyables#40,424oublieront#40,405

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

nutritionnel16 variantsprogressifs16 variantsprostitués16 variantsmondialiste16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list