pirogues

\pi.ʁɔɡ\

/\pi.ʁɔɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pirogues” is uncommon French (frequency #51,044 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,044
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de pirogue.

Key facts for pirogues
PropertyValue
Headwordpirogues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.ʁɔɡ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pirogues” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pirogues lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pirogues is uncommon French at frequency #51,044 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.ʁɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pirogue.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pirogues, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pirogues, spelled P-I-R-O-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pirogue.

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 "pirogues"?
"pirogues" is spelled P-I-R-O-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ʁɔɡ\.
What does "pirogues" mean?
As a noun, "pirogues" means: Pluriel de pirogue.
How do you pronounce "pirogues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pirogues" is \pi.ʁɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pirogues" come from?
"pirogues" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “pirogues”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-R-O-G-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pi.ʁɔɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list