penge
"penge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“penge” is uncommon English (frequency #97,426 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,426
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penge” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
penge is uncommon English at frequency #97,426 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.".
No misspelling variants are generated for penge in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is penge, spelled P-E-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1(typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.
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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Using “penge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-N-G-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.