erg

symbol

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The verdict

“erg” is uncommon French (frequency #62,255 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a symbol. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,255
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbole de l’erg.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erg · erg · French

erg · rank #62,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,255
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envoûtement

Nearest frequency peer: envoûtement (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « erg »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « erg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erg
PropertyValue
Headworderg
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSymbol
Letters3
Frequency rank#62,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « erg » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ergtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « envoûtement » (#62,254), « ers » (#62,256), « entrecoupés » (#62,253). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « erg » est au #62,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erg is uncommon French at frequency #62,255 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as asymbol. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

erg doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is erg, spelled E-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Symbole de l’erg.
  2. 2
    Code ISO 639-2 (alpha-3) du sie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how erg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1 erg = 1 g cm²/s² = 100 nJ

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erg"?
"erg" is spelled E-R-G.
What does "erg" mean?
As a symbol, "erg" means: Symbole de l’erg.
What language does "erg" come from?
"erg" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ers#62,256Fce#62,271efi#62,238fif#62,276

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list