ajustage

\a.ʒys.taʒ\

/\a.ʒys.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ajustage” is uncommon French (frequency #82,650 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,650
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ajustage · ajustage · French

ajustage · rank #82,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,650
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH akio

Nearest frequency peer: akio (+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 « ajustage »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ajustage
PropertyValue
Headwordajustage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒys.taʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,650
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ajustage » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ajustagetombe 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: « akio » (#82,651), « alaba » (#82,652), « AIA » (#82,647). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ajustage » est au #82,650. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ajustage is uncommon French at frequency #82,650 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒys.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ajustage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ajustage, spelled A-J-U-S-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’ajuster.
  2. 2
    Action d’ajuster.
  3. 3
    Action d’ajuster.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’ajustage des parties frottantes demande des précautions, notamment celui des coussinets sur les arbres et essieux. On doit leur donner un peu de jeu, surtout à l’entrée, afin d’éviter le pincement qui se produirait si l’axe venait à chauffer et à se dilater. Ils doivent, par contre, être très-exactement retenus dans leur chape ou palier.

Synonyms

affinageajustement

This word in other languages

adaptation(English)ajuste(Español)Adaptation(Deutsch)adaptação(Português)

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 "ajustage"?
"ajustage" is spelled A-J-U-S-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒys.taʒ\.
What does "ajustage" mean?
As a noun, "ajustage" means: Action d’ajuster.
How do you pronounce "ajustage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajustage" is \a.ʒys.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajustage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allongez#82,658ambiants#82,662amorties#82,663actuaire#82,632

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list