paje
[ˈpaxe]
The verdict
“paje” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,981 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,981
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mozo de servicio doméstico personal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paje · paje · Spanish
paje · rank #57,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,981
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH paisajismo
Nearest frequency peer: paisajismo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “paje”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Ovando
Ovando
42,024 corpus weight
- paisajismo
paisajismo
42,021 corpus weight
- paje
paje
42,020 corpus weight
- paladares
paladares
42,019 corpus weight
- palmero
palmero
42,018 corpus weight
- palpar
palpar
42,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “paje” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “paje” en español
Rare enough to double-check
paje is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,981 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaxe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paje appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
E tiráronle de la villa muchos tiros de ballestas fuertes, de los quales ninguno le enpesçió; pero fué ferido junto con él el caballo en que venía un paje suyo con una lanza, e el cauallo morió.
la dama ni siquiera miró al pobre muchacho, que sintió un dolor inmenso por este desaire, mucho más cuando vio que detrás bajaba el mayor y más antipático de los muchachos, sus rivales, vestido con la historiada librea, desempeñando el papel de paje con más gravedad que él.
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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