wig

\wɪɡ\

/\wɪɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“wig” is uncommon French (frequency #72,837 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,837
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-wig · wig · French

wig · rank #72,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,837
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Whittaker

Nearest frequency peer: Whittaker (-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 « wig »

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 « wig » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wig
PropertyValue
Headwordwig
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wɪɡ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « wig » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Whittaker » (#72,836), « Wilhelmina » (#72,838), « wenn » (#72,835). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « wig » est au #72,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wig is uncommon French at frequency #72,837 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɪɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perruque.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is wig, spelled W-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perruque.

Synonyms

hairpiecetoupeetoupeperukeperiwig

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 "wig"?
"wig" is spelled W-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is \wɪɡ\.
What does "wig" mean?
As a noun, "wig" means: Perruque.
How do you pronounce "wig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wig" is \wɪɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list