purger

/\pyʁ.ʒe\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,130

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

purger is aFrenchverb. It means: Purifier ; nettoyer. Pronounced \pyʁ.ʒe\. Often confused with pure and puer.

Key facts for purger
PropertyValue
Headwordpurger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pyʁ.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,130
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of purger in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for purger is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pyʁ.ʒe\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,130 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for purger, with forms such as "ppurger", "pruger", and "pugrer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "puer", "prier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is purger, spelled P-U-R-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Purifier ; nettoyer.
  2. 2
    Ôter, faire sortir ce qu’il y a dans le corps d’impur, de superflu, de malfaisant, avec des remèdes pris ordinairement par la bouche.
  3. 3
    Dégager, en parlant du cerveau.
  4. 4
    Débarrasser de ce qui altère, de ce qui est mauvais.
  5. 5
    Éliminer les éléments indésirables d'un lieu.
  6. 6
    Se défaire de ce qui pèse sur l'âme ; se confesser.
  7. 7
    Épurer.
  8. 8
    Apurer.
  9. 9
    Détruire, modérer, épurer ou diriger, en parlant des passions.
  10. 10
    Faire disparaître, effacer.
  11. 11
    Laisser couler la fin d'un fût de bière et une partie du nouveau afin d’éliminer la mousse et d'assurer un service fluide.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppurger,pruger,pugrer,puregr,purgerr,purgger,purgre,purrger,uprger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for purger

Misspelling Variants of "purger"

ppurger7pruger6pugrer6puregr6purgerr7purgger7purgre6purrger7
Misspelling Variants of "purger"

Frequency rank: #21,130 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "purger"?
"purger" is spelled P-U-R-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pyʁ.ʒe\.
What does "purger" mean?
As a verb, "purger" means: Purifier ; nettoyer.
What words are commonly confused with "purger"?
"purger" is commonly confused with "pure", "puer", "prier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "purger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "purger" is \pyʁ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "purger" come from?
"purger" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.