accostage
\a.kɔs.taʒ\
The verdict
“accostage” is uncommon French (frequency #66,464 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,464
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d'accoster.
Corpus desk
Index FR-accostage · accostage · French
accostage · rank #66,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,464
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH AccorHotels
Nearest frequency peer: AccorHotels (-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 « accostage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- abritées
abritées
33,540 corpus weight
- Abruzzes
Abruzzes
33,539 corpus weight
- AccorHotels
AccorHotels
33,538 corpus weight
- accostage
accostage
33,537 corpus weight
- accroire
accroire
33,536 corpus weight
- accroupis
accroupis
33,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « accostage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accostage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kɔs.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « accostage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
accostage is uncommon French at frequency #66,464 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kɔs.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for accostage, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is accostage, spelled A-C-C-O-S-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d'accoster.
- 2Opération de rapprochement coordonné et progressif de deux engins spatiaux jusqu'à leur contact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how accostage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Allemand apparaît au moment où deux matelots manœuvrent les ballons d’accostage. Ils lui donnent la main, et l’aident à sauter à bord…
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.
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