whigs

\wiɡ\

/\wiɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“whigs” is uncommon French (frequency #72,011 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,011
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de whig.

Corpus desk

Index FR-whigs · whigs · French

whigs · rank #72,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,011
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH whore

Nearest frequency peer: whore (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « whigs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « whigs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for whigs
PropertyValue
Headwordwhigs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wiɡ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,011
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « whigs » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.whigstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « whore » (#72,012), « Wegener » (#72,009), « worker » (#72,013). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « whigs » est au #72,011. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

whigs is uncommon French at frequency #72,011 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wiɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de whig.".

No misspelling variants are generated for whigs in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is whigs, spelled W-H-I-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de whig.

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 "whigs"?
"whigs" is spelled W-H-I-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \wiɡ\.
What does "whigs" mean?
As a noun, "whigs" means: Pluriel de whig.
How do you pronounce "whigs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "whigs" is \wiɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "whigs" come from?
"whigs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

whore#72,012xérès#72,018yelle#72,019Viala#71,996

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list