peg

\pɛɡ\

/\pɛɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“peg” is uncommon French (frequency #52,258 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,258
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patère, porte-manteau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peg · peg · French

peg · rank #52,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,258
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH payeront

Nearest frequency peer: payeront (-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 « peg »

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 « peg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peg
PropertyValue
Headwordpeg
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛɡ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peg » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pegtombe 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: « payeront » (#52,257), « peoples » (#52,260), « patrouillent » (#52,255). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peg » est au #52,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peg is uncommon French at frequency #52,258 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for peg, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peg, spelled P-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patère, porte-manteau.
  2. 2
    Goupille, about.
  3. 3
    Apéritif, apéro.
  4. 4
    Pince à linge.
  5. 5
    Piquet.
  6. 6
    Cheville.
  7. 7
    Jambe, pied.
  8. 8
    Prix spécifié du taux d’échange entre deux ressources financières.
  9. 9
    Prix spécifié du taux d’échange entre deux ressources financières.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Murray hung his coat on the peg beside the door and walked right into the living room.
  2. The name had come to mean any aromatic essence of herbs by the time the first thirsty colonial poured a peg of Who-shot-John into his mint water.

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 "peg"?
"peg" is spelled P-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛɡ\.
What does "peg" mean?
As a noun, "peg" means: Patère, porte-manteau.
How do you pronounce "peg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peg" is \pɛɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peg" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

OSI#52,246moc#52,203RMN#52,318LV2#52,177

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list