alliage

/\a.ljaʒ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,055

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

alliage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de combiner plusieurs éléments. Pronounced \a.ljaʒ\. Often confused with allié and alliée.

Key facts for alliage
PropertyValue
Headwordalliage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ljaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,055
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alliage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alliage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ljaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,055 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for alliage, with forms such as "aliage", "alilage", and "allaige". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "allié", "alliée", "allongé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is alliage, spelled A-L-L-I-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de combiner plusieurs éléments.
  2. 2
    Produit résultant de la combinaison d'un métal avec un ou plusieurs autres corps, éléments, le plus souvent métallique.
  3. 3
    Quelqu’un des éléments que l’on combine avec un métal plus précieux.
  4. 4
    Mélange, rencontre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aliage,alilage,allaige,alliaeg,alliagge,alligae,laliage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alliage

Misspelling Variants of "alliage"

aliage6alilage7allaige7alliaeg7alliagge8alligae7laliage7
Misspelling Variants of "alliage"

Frequency rank: #16,055 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alliage"?
"alliage" is spelled A-L-L-I-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ljaʒ\.
What does "alliage" mean?
As a noun, "alliage" means: Action de combiner plusieurs éléments.
What words are commonly confused with "alliage"?
"alliage" is commonly confused with "allié", "alliée", "allongé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alliage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alliage" is \a.ljaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alliage" come from?
"alliage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.