permagel
\pɛʁ.ma.ʒɛl\
The verdict
“permagel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Couche du sol gelée en permanence dans les régions arctiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-permagel · permagel · French
permagel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | permagel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.ma.ʒɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « permagel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
permagel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.ma.ʒɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couche du sol gelée en permanence dans les régions arctiques.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for permagel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is permagel, spelled P-E-R-M-A-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Couche du sol gelée en permanence dans les régions arctiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how permagel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le permagel (sol gelé en profondeur) couvre, au début du XXIᵉ siècle, 20% de la surface terrestre.
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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.