peri

Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾi/

peri is spelled P-E-R-I (4 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peri is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “peri” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does peri mean in English?

noun

1
masculineperi

prefix

as peri-

1
peri- (surrounding; near; during)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of peri

peris plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peri?

Brazil /pe.ɾi/
Portugal /pɨ.ɾi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is peri in Portuguese?

peri appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.

peri0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).