pige

\piʒ\

/\piʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pige” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,717
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longueur arbitraire, prise comme référence, petite branche transformée en instrument de mesure que le jardinier utilise pour planter de façon régulière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pige · pige · French

pige · rank #15,717 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,717
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pertinentes

Nearest frequency peer: pertinentes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pige »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pige vs pré
25% similar
pige vs pis
50% similar
pige vs PSG
0% similar

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

Key facts for pige
PropertyValue
Headwordpige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\piʒ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,717
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pige »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pigese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pertinentes » (#15,716), « pilules » (#15,718), « persuader » (#15,715). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pige » est au #15,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around pige (IPA \piʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,717 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pige, with forms such as "ipge", "pgie", and "pieg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "pis", "PSG", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pige, spelled P-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longueur arbitraire, prise comme référence, petite branche transformée en instrument de mesure que le jardinier utilise pour planter de façon régulière.
  2. 2
    Longueur conventionnelle employée comme étalon, mesure.
  3. 3
    Nombre, longueur, importance des articles fournis.
  4. 4
    Rétribution d’une tâche donnée.
  5. 5
    Année ; an.
  6. 6
    Copie du contenu diffusé conservée durant une durée légale déterminée, et transmissible sur demande aux autorités.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Selon certains auteurs du 20ème siècle, et malgré l'absence de sources historiques, au moyen âge, les bâtisseurs de cathédrales auraient utilisé une pige constituée de cinq tiges articulées, chacune étant l’étalon d’une unité de mesure de l’époque : la paume, la palme, l’empan, le pied et la coudée.
  2. Toutes ces mesures sont reportées par chacun des ouvriers qui en a l’utilité sur une règle appelée pige.

Synonyms

berge

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipge
  • pgie
  • pieg
  • pigge
  • ppige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pige - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ipge2pgie2pieg2pigge1ppige1
Edit distance from "pige"

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 "pige"?
"pige" is spelled P-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \piʒ\.
What does "pige" mean?
As a noun, "pige" means: Longueur arbitraire, prise comme référence, petite branche transformée en instrument de mesure que le jardinier utilise pour planter de façon régulière.
What words are commonly confused with "pige"?
"pige" is commonly confused with "pré", "pis", "PSG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pige" is \piʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pige" come from?
"pige" 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 "pige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

orne#15,703NDLR#15,693mile#15,682sidi#15,759

Similar misspelling depth

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

poire5 variantsLoïc5 variantsburn5 variantsedge5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list