# phage

> English word · Noun · IPA /feɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #43,841

## Definitions
1. A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).

## Easily confused with
- **phat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phat)
- **Pham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-pham)
- **Phan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phan)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-place)
- **phone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phone)
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-plane)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phase)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-plate)
- **purge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-purge)
- **phrase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phrase)
- **plague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-plague)
- **phases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phases)
- **Prague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-prague)
- **phased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phage-vs-phased)
- **PAG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pag-vs-phage)
- **Pha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pha-vs-phage)
- **page** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/page-vs-phage)
- **pace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pace-vs-phage)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pale-vs-phage)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-phage)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hpage`, `pahge`, `phaeg`, `phagge`, `phgae`, `phhage`, `pphage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/phage