plage
/pleɪd͡ʒ/noun
plage is spelled P-L-A-G-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plage means “A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plage is plages.
How many letters and syllables are in plage?
| Letters | 5: P-L-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is plage?
Plage appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 plage?
- /pleɪd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-plage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of plage
- plages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
- 2
A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does plage come from?
From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).