pélagique

\pe.la.ʒik\

/\pe.la.ʒik\/ adj

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The verdict

“pélagique” is uncommon French (frequency #91,068 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,068
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au milieu marin loin des côtes, à la haute mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pelagique · pélagique · French

pélagique · rank #91,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,068
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH péjorativement

Nearest frequency peer: péjorativement (-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 « pélagique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pélagique
PropertyValue
Headwordpélagique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.la.ʒik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,068
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pélagique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pélagiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « péjorativement » (#91,067), « pêchant » (#91,069), « pyrame » (#91,066). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pélagique » est au #91,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pélagique is uncommon French at frequency #91,068 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.la.ʒik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au milieu marin loin des côtes, à la haute mer.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pélagique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pélagique, spelled P-É-L-A-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au milieu marin loin des côtes, à la haute mer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les espèces de poissons que l'on trouve dans cette zone sont les poissons pélagiques, le hareng, le maquereau, le brishing, le capelan, les poissons de fond comme la morue, le haddock, le colin, le merlan et les poissons plats, […].
  2. Le Glomar Challenger a dû renoncer malheureusement à venir forer dans la vallée du Rift car l’absence d’une couche de sédiments l’empêchait de stabiliser son dispositif de forage. Il lui a fallu s’éloigner sur de la croûte déjà plus ancienne où la centaine de mètres de vases pélagiques accumulées dans les dépressions facilitait l’enfoncement du trépan.

Synonyms

pélagien

This word in other languages

pelagic(English)pelágico(Español)pelagisch(Deutsch)pelágico(Português)

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 "pélagique"?
"pélagique" is spelled P-É-L-A-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.la.ʒik\.
What does "pélagique" mean?
As an adjective, "pélagique" means: Relatif au milieu marin loin des côtes, à la haute mer.
How do you pronounce "pélagique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pélagique" is \pe.la.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pélagique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

raffermit#91,077ralenties#91,080profilait#91,052prestiges#91,050

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list