perigee
/ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/
"perigee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perigee” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,724 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,724
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perigee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perigee” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for perigee is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,724 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perigee, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”). The correct English form is perigee, spelled P-E-R-I-G-E-E.
Definition
- 1The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
- 2The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.
- 3The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
Etymology
From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
Antonyms
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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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- The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-I-G-E-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.