accrochage

\a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\

/\a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“accrochage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,471
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’accrocher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accrochage · accrochage · French

accrochage · rank #22,471 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,471
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abbott

Nearest frequency peer: Abbott (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « accrochage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « accrochage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

accrochage vs accroche
80% similar
accrochage vs accrochée
80% similar
accrochage vs accrochant
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for accrochage
PropertyValue
Headwordaccrochage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,471
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accrochage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).accrochagese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Abbott » (#22,470), « acheminement » (#22,472), « abattue » (#22,469). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accrochage » est au #22,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around accrochage (IPA \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,471 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for accrochage, with forms such as "accorchage", "accrcohage", and "accrocahge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "accroche", "accrochée", "accrochant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 accrochage, spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’accrocher.
  2. 2
    Action d’accrocher.
  3. 3
    Action de s’accrocher ou de se heurter.
  4. 4
    Action de s’accrocher ou de se heurter.
  5. 5
    Action de s’accrocher ou de se heurter.
  6. 6
    Action de s’accrocher ou de se heurter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how accrochage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’accrochage suit à la lettre le déroulé du grand livre original, avec ses 103 images, qui vient d’être réédité quarante ans après sa sortie.
  2. Ce sont des expositions sans titre, le Musée des beaux-arts de La Rochelle attribue des numéros à ces accrochages temporaires....

This word in other languages

enganche(Español)Aufhängen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accorchage
  • accrcohage
  • accrocahge
  • accrocchage
  • accrochaeg
  • accrochagge
  • accrochgae
  • accrochhage
  • accrohcage
  • accrrochage
  • acrcochage
  • acrochage
  • cacrochage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accrochage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accorchage2accrcohage2accrocahge2accrocchage1accrochaeg2accrochagge1accrochgae2accrochhage1
Edit distance from "accrochage"

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 "accrochage"?
"accrochage" is spelled A-C-C-R-O-C-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\.
What does "accrochage" mean?
As a noun, "accrochage" means: Action d’accrocher.
What words are commonly confused with "accrochage"?
"accrochage" is commonly confused with "accroche", "accrochée", "accrochant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accrochage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accrochage" is \a.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accrochage" come from?
"accrochage" 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 "accrochage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acquéreurs#22,473émissaires#22,466augmentera#22,494trouvaille#22,446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

évidents13 variantséclatent13 variantsattentionné13 variantstraduites13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list