Pégase
The verdict
“Pégase” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #35,226 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #35,226
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Cheval ailé fabuleux auquel les anciens poètes ont donné des ailes et qui, selon eux, fit jaillir d’un coup de pied les eaux de l’Hippocrène.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pégase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pe.ɡaz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pégase” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Pégase is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.ɡaz\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,226 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pégase, with forms such as "pegase", "pgéase", and "ppégase". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "phase", "pensé", "perse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Pégase, spelled P-É-G-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cheval ailé fabuleux auquel les anciens poètes ont donné des ailes et qui, selon eux, fit jaillir d’un coup de pied les eaux de l’Hippocrène.
- 2S’emploie dans plusieurs expressions poétiques ou relatives à la poésie.
- 3Constellation de l’hémisphère boréal, bordée par Andromède, le Lézard, le Cygne, le Petit Renard, le Dauphin, le Petit Cheval, le Verseau et les Poissons.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pegase,pgéase,ppégase,pégasse,péggase,pégsae,épgase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pégase — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Pégase"
Frequency rank: #35,226 in French
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Using “Pégase”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-É-G-A-S-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.ɡaz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “phase” — see the side-by-side comparison. Pégase vs phase
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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