pergola
/ˈpɜːɡələ/
"pergola" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pergola” is uncommon English (frequency #66,189 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,189
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pergola · pergola · English
pergola · rank #66,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,189
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peripatetic
Nearest frequency peer: peripatetic (+1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “pergola”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pausanias
Pausanias
33,819 corpus weight
- pediment
pediment
33,817 corpus weight
- penetrative
penetrative
33,815 corpus weight
- pergola
pergola
33,812 corpus weight
- peripatetic
peripatetic
33,811 corpus weight
- Pierpont
Pierpont
33,807 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pergola” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pergola |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɜːɡələ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pergola” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pergola is uncommon English at frequency #66,189 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɜːɡələ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pergola in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula. The correct English form is pergola, spelled P-E-R-G-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
- 2Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pergola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The thick vegetation met overhead, interlacing into a natural pergola, and through this tunnel of verdure in a golden twilight flowed the green, pellucid river, beautiful in itself, but marvelous from the strange tints thrown by the vivid light from above filtered and tempered in its fall.
By the little garden pergola open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula.
This word in other languages
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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