pagaïe
\pa.ɡaj\
The verdict
“pagaïe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de pagaille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pagaie · pagaïe · French
pagaïe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pagaïe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ɡaj\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pagaïe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pagaïe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ɡaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de pagaille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pagaïe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pagaïe, spelled P-A-G-A-Ï-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de pagaille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pagaïe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était la pagaïe dans mon esprit, tout comme dans la vie.
Il s’en faut même de peu que, pour être mieux conforme à cette image du Destin, la séance ne se soit pas effectivement terminée par une intervention de Jupiter tonnant : l’inflammation soudaine d’une quantité trop grande de magnésium provoqua une petite explosion qui jeta la pagaïe dans L’Adoration des Bergers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.