pidgin
\pid.ʒin\
The verdict
“pidgin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langage d’origine mixte, rudimentaire et utilisé par des personnes de langues maternelles différentes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pidgin · pidgin · French
pidgin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pidgin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pid.ʒin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pidgin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pid.ʒin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pidgin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 pidgin, spelled P-I-D-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1Langage d’origine mixte, rudimentaire et utilisé par des personnes de langues maternelles différentes.
- 2Langage d’origine mixte, sans égards à son niveau de complexité ou l’existence de locuteurs natifs. Sens employé dans les noms de langages.
- 3Un pidgin précis, indiqué par le contexte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pidgin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On appelle généralement pidgin une langue simplifiée, créée à partir d’autres langues, et qui sert de langue véhiculaire pour des fins de commerce, etc.
Aujourd’hui, le pidgin du Nigeria, le nigerian pidgin english, est parlé par des dizaines de millions de gens, et il continue de progresser, mais il est toujours considéré, par les autorités, les universités, etc., comme quelque chose de condamnable.
This word in other languages
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.