pagan
\pa.ɡan\
The verdict
“pagan” is uncommon French (frequency #77,766 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,766
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme courte de pagan metal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pagan · pagan · French
pagan · rank #77,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,766
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH palos
Nearest frequency peer: palos (+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 « pagan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ourthe
Ourthe
22,238 corpus weight
- outrées
outrées
22,237 corpus weight
- pagan
pagan
22,235 corpus weight
- palos
palos
22,234 corpus weight
- pane
pane
22,233 corpus weight
- Pantone
Pantone
22,232 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pagan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pagan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ɡan\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pagan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pagan is uncommon French at frequency #77,766 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ɡan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme courte de pagan metal.".
pagan has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pagan, spelled P-A-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Forme courte de pagan metal.
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.
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