plage
/pleɪd͡ʒ/
"plage" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plage” is uncommon English (frequency #82,672 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,672
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plage · plage · English
plage · rank #82,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,672
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pillory
Nearest frequency peer: pillory (-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 “plage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- piecewise
piecewise
17,334 corpus weight
- pillion
pillion
17,332 corpus weight
- pillory
pillory
17,331 corpus weight
- plage
plage
17,329 corpus weight
- poinsettia
poinsettia
17,327 corpus weight
- poling
poling
17,325 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “plage” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pleɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plage” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plage is uncommon English at frequency #82,672 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pleɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for plage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa. The correct English form is plage, spelled P-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
- 2A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
Etymology
From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.