pug
\pœɡ\
The verdict
“pug” is an uncommon French word, ranked #76,926 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,926
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de carlin (race de chien).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pug |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pœɡ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pug” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pug is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pœɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #76,926 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonyme de carlin (race de chien).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pug, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 pug, spelled P-U-G.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de carlin (race de chien).
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.
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Using “pug”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pœɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.