acréage
\a.kʁe.aʒ\
The verdict
“acréage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aréage, aire d'un champ dans un contexte où la surface cultivée se compte en acres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acreage · acréage · French
acréage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | acréage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kʁe.aʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
acréage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kʁe.aʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aréage, aire d'un champ dans un contexte où la surface cultivée se compte en acres.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for acréage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is acréage, spelled A-C-R-É-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Aréage, aire d'un champ dans un contexte où la surface cultivée se compte en acres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acréage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les estimations du cours du blé à Chicago étaient basées sur l’acréage de grain à être récolté prévu, en fonction des intentions de semis antérieurement publiés.
Les hausses de prix de la nourriture, cependant, sont largement causés par l’offre ; il y a une réduction de l’offre due au changement d’acréage de récoltes de maïs pour les biocarburants. Cela signifie que davantage de maïs est cultivé, et moins de soja. Tandis que les prix du maïs et du soja augmentent, le consommateur passe au riz, ce qui cause l’augme…
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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.