Pigalle

Name: Pigalle, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pi.ɡal\

/\pi.ɡal\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Pigalle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,480
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier de Paris autour de la place du même nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pigalle · Pigalle · French

Pigalle · rank #37,480 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #37,480
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH pir

Nearest frequency peer: pir (+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.

perçant

62,524
Phèdre

62,523
Pigalle

62,521
pir

62,520
pirogue

62,519
plaident

62,518

What this shows « Pigalle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Pigalle vs Pille

71% similar

Pigalle vs pagaille

63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Pigalle
Property	Value
Headword	Pigalle
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\pi.ɡal\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#37,480
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pigalle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Pigallese place ici:

#37,480

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pir » (#37,481), « Phèdre » (#37,478), « pirogue » (#37,482). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pigalle » est au #37,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Pigalle (IPA \pi.ɡal\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,480 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pigalle, with forms such as "ipgalle", "pgialle", and "piaglle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Pille", "pagaille", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Pigalle, spelled P-I-G-A-L-L-E.

Definition

1
Quartier de Paris autour de la place du même nom.
2
Nom du sculpteur Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Je suis à la fois Jacob et l’ange : c’est moi-même aux prises avec moi-même ; car j’ai l’air de flotter, mais non, je suis redressé et tendu, j’exige une réponse, assis derrière le maître-autel, face à la Vierge de Pigalle, que Donzac abomine, mais moi je l’aime.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ipgalle
pgialle
piaglle
pigale
pigalel
piggalle
piglale
ppigalle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pigalle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Pigalle"

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 "Pigalle"?

"Pigalle" is spelled P-I-G-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ɡal\.

What does "Pigalle" mean?

As a proper noun, "Pigalle" means: Quartier de Paris autour de la place du même nom.

What words are commonly confused with "Pigalle"?

"Pigalle" is commonly confused with "Pille", "pagaille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Pigalle"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pigalle" is \pi.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Pigalle" come from?

"Pigalle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pirogue#37,482 perçant#37,477 perdais#37,475 Portman#37,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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