pygmy
\pɪɡ.miː\
The verdict
“pygmy” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pygmée, membre du peuple légendaire d’hommes mesurant une coudée de haut.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pygmy · pygmy · French
pygmy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pygmy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɪɡ.miː\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pygmy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pygmy is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɪɡ.miː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pygmy in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pygmy, spelled P-Y-G-M-Y.
Definition
- 1Pygmée, membre du peuple légendaire d’hommes mesurant une coudée de haut.
- 2Pygmée, membre de l’une des tribus africaines d’hommes de petite taille.
- 3Pygmée, nain.
- 4Personne insignifiante.
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.