pidgeon

noun

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"pidgeon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pidgeon” is uncommon English (frequency #72,646 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,646
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archaic spelling of pigeon.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pidgeon · pidgeon · English

pidgeon · rank #72,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,646
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH philander

Nearest frequency peer: philander (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “pidgeon”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “pidgeon” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pidgeon
PropertyValue
Headwordpidgeon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pidgeon” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).pidgeon lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pidgeon is uncommon English at frequency #72,646 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archaic spelling of pigeon.".

pidgeon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pidgeon, spelled P-I-D-G-E-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of pigeon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pidgeon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. , quoted in 1907, William Butts Mershon, The Passenger Pigeon, The Outing Publishing Company: I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pidgeon"?
"pidgeon" is spelled P-I-D-G-E-O-N.
What does "pidgeon" mean?
As a noun, "pidgeon" means: Archaic spelling of pigeon.
What language does "pidgeon" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pidgeon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pilcher#72,648pillbox#72,649piquant#72,652pounces#72,666

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list