pygargue
\pi.ɡaʁɡ\
The verdict
“pygargue” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné aux espèces de rapaces diurnes du genre Haliaeetus, qui se nourrissent surtout de poissons (piscivores), au bec massif et dont les pattes ne sont pas recouvertes de plumes jusqu’aux serre...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pygargue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ɡaʁɡ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pygargue” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pygargue is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.ɡaʁɡ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom donné aux espèces de rapaces diurnes du genre Haliaeetus, qui se nourrissent surtout de poissons (piscivores), au bec massif et dont les pattes ne sont pas recouvertes de plumes jusqu’aux serre...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pygargue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 pygargue, spelled P-Y-G-A-R-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné aux espèces de rapaces diurnes du genre Haliaeetus, qui se nourrissent surtout de poissons (piscivores), au bec massif et dont les pattes ne sont pas recouvertes de plumes jusqu’aux serres (comme le sont les aigles vrais).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pygargue”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-Y-G-A-R-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.