paje
[ˈpaxe]
The verdict
“paje” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,981 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,981
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mozo de servicio doméstico personal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paje |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaxe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paje” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for paje is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,981 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
paje doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is paje, spelled P-A-J-E.
Definition
- 1Mozo de servicio doméstico personal.
- 2Aprendiz de grumete.
- 3Clérigo que presta servicios de paje₁ a un prelado.
- 4Dispositivo para recoger las faldas y evitar que arrastren por el suelo.
- 5Mueble de tocador dotado de un espejo y una balda o mesa.
- 6Joven esclavo de buen aspecto y educación que servía y acompañaba a los niños de las casas ricas de la Antigua Roma.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “paje”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaxe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.