papegai
\pap.ɡɛ\
The verdict
“papegai” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom du perroquet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papegai · papegai · French
papegai · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | papegai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pap.ɡɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « papegai » en français
Rare enough to double-check
papegai is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pap.ɡɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
papegai has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is papegai, spelled P-A-P-E-G-A-I.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom du perroquet.
- 2Oiseau de carton ou de bois peint, que l’on place comme cible au bout d’une perche pour servir de but à ceux qui s’exercent à tirer de l’arc ou de l’arbalète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how papegai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tirer au papegai.
Celui qui abat le papegai remporte le prix.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.