pergola

\pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\

/\pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“pergola” is uncommon French (frequency #60,268 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,268
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construction généralement en bois, très ajourée, sur laquelle on laisse souvent pousser des plantes grimpantes, des arbustes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pergola · pergola · French

pergola · rank #60,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,268
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perfidie

Nearest frequency peer: perfidie (-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 « pergola »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pergola
PropertyValue
Headwordpergola
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pergola » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pergolatombe 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: « perfidie » (#60,267), « permien » (#60,269), « Pentium » (#60,266). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pergola » est au #60,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pergola is uncommon French at frequency #60,268 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Construction généralement en bois, très ajourée, sur laquelle on laisse souvent pousser des plantes grimpantes, des arbustes.".

pergola doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pergola, spelled P-E-R-G-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construction généralement en bois, très ajourée, sur laquelle on laisse souvent pousser des plantes grimpantes, des arbustes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous passions nos après-midi d'été à l’ombre de la pergola.
  2. La pergola peut aussi prolonger la façade de la maison (arrière ou avant) et constituer un cadre architecturé pour la terrasse.

This word in other languages

pergola(English)pérgola(Español)caramanchão(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 "pergola"?
"pergola" is spelled P-E-R-G-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\.
What does "pergola" mean?
As a noun, "pergola" means: Construction généralement en bois, très ajourée, sur laquelle on laisse souvent pousser des plantes grimpantes, des arbustes.
How do you pronounce "pergola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pergola" is \pɛʁ.ɡɔ.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

permien#60,269Pentium#60,266Pescara#60,271Paulina#60,263

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list