pingre

\pɛ̃ɡʁ\

/\pɛ̃ɡʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pingre” is uncommon French (frequency #97,280 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,280
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avare.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pingre · pingre · French

pingre · rank #97,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,280
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pickle

Nearest frequency peer: pickle (-3 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 « pingre »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pingre
PropertyValue
Headwordpingre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃ɡʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pingre » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pingretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pickle » (#97,277), « pisans » (#97,283), « pisteurs » (#97,284). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pingre » est au #97,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pingre is uncommon French at frequency #97,280 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃ɡʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pingre, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pingre, spelled P-I-N-G-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avare.
  2. 2
    Personne méchante, effrontée et vêtue chichement.
  3. 3
    Navire de commerce à fond plat du XVIIIᵉ siècle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La pingrerie, c'est une économie de la dépense qui dépasse les bornes, et le pingre est du genre à réclamer endéans le mois, à domicile, le remboursement d'une demi-obole.
  2. Il devait me les payer. Mais, comme par hasard, cet abominable pingre, doublé d'un combineur sans vergogne, n'avait jamais le sou sur lui, […].

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 "pingre"?
"pingre" is spelled P-I-N-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃ɡʁ\.
What does "pingre" mean?
As a noun, "pingre" means: Avare.
How do you pronounce "pingre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pingre" is \pɛ̃ɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pingre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pickle#97,277pisans#97,283planus#97,288pencil#97,268

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list