pélagien
\pe.la.ʒjɛ̃\
The verdict
“pélagien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la doctrine de Pélage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pelagien · pélagien · French
pélagien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | pélagien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.la.ʒjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pélagien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.la.ʒjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la doctrine de Pélage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pélagien in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 pélagien, spelled P-É-L-A-G-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la doctrine de Pélage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pélagien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les sombres rêves de Calvin sont presque de l’optimisme pélagien auprès des affreux cauchemars que le péché originel cause à notre pieux contemplatif.
L’installation de l’hérésie en Bretagne nécessita la visite, en deux occasions, de l’évêque Germain d’Auxerre pour combattre l’extension des enseignements pélagiens.
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.