Paige
/peɪd͡ʒ/
"paige" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paige” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,607
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paige · Paige · English
Paige · rank #14,607 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,607
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PB
Nearest frequency peer: PB (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Paige”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- outward
outward
85,398 corpus weight
- overrated
overrated
85,397 corpus weight
- Paige
Paige
85,394 corpus weight
- PB
PB
85,392 corpus weight
- PBS
PBS
85,391 corpus weight
- peanuts
peanuts
85,390 corpus weight
What this shows “Paige” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paige |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /peɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Paige”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Paige (IPA /peɪd͡ʒ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,607 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paige, with forms such as "apige", "pagie", and "paieg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pie", "pig", "pain", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest inst… The correct English form is Paige, spelled P-A-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1A southern English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Page.
- 2A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of American usage.
- 3An unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.
- 4An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apige
- pagie
- paieg
- paigge
- piage
- ppaige
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paige - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).