purger

\pyʁ.ʒe\

/\pyʁ.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“purger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,130
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-purger · purger · French

purger · rank #21,130 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,130
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pétitions

Nearest frequency peer: pétitions (+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 « purger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « purger » 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).

purger vs pure
67% similar
purger vs puer
67% similar
purger vs prier
67% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « purger »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.purgerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pétitions » (#21,131), « puf » (#21,128), « qualifient » (#21,132). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « purger » est au #21,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around purger (IPA \pyʁ.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,130 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for purger, with forms such as "ppurger", "pruger", and "pugrer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "puer", "prier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 purger, spelled P-U-R-G-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Même si vous avez testé votre programme pour le purger de tous ses bogues avant de distribuer l’application, il est toujours possible qu'un utilisateur découvre un ou plusieurs bogues.
  2. A table, il ne fait aucune difficulté de raconter à ses convives que, s’étant purgé avec de l’ellébore, il est allé par le haut et par le bas.

This word in other languages

purify(English)verbüßen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppurger
  • pruger
  • pugrer
  • puregr
  • purgerr
  • purgger
  • purgre
  • purrger
  • uprger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of purger - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ppurger1pruger2pugrer2puregr2purgerr1purgger1purgre2purrger1
Edit distance from "purger"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

proies#21,121relayé#21,141Robbie#21,152parure#21,107

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

poterie9 variantsrouages9 variantsrubans9 variantssadique9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list