pilgrimage
pil·gri·mage/ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
pilgrimage is spelled P-I-L-G-R-I-M-A-G-E, 3 syllables: pil·gri·mage. The wrong spelling people search most is pilgrimmage: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 51 of all searches for the word. Pilgrimage is a noun meaning “A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey”. The plural of pilgrimage is pilgrimages.
How many letters and syllables are in pilgrimage?
| Letters | 10: P-I-L-G-R-I-M-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pil·gri·mage |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pilgrimmage, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell pilgrimage?
Pilgrimage is spelled P-I-L-G-R-I-M-A-G-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 51 of the searches for pilgrimage in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is pilgrimage?
Pilgrimage appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pilgrimage?
- /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/
Pilgrimage has 3 syllables, split pil·gri·mage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pilgrimage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pilgrimage
- pilgrimages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pilgrimaging participle, present
- pilgrimaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pilgrimage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.
- 2
A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.
verb
- 1
To go on a pilgrimage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pilgrimage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pèlerinage , pèleriner |
| German | Wallfahrt, Pilgerfahrt , pilgern |
| Portuguese | peregrinação, peregrinagem, romaria , peregrinar |
| Spanish | peregrinación, peregrinaje , peregrinar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pilgrimage come from?
From Middle English pilgrimage. By surface analysis, pilgrim + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).