amarrage
\a.ma.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“amarrage” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,147
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’amarrer un bâtiment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amarrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ma.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amarrage” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around amarrage (IPA \a.ma.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,147 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amarrage, with forms such as "aamrrage", "amarage", and "amararge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "amorçage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 amarrage, spelled A-M-A-R-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’amarrer un bâtiment.
- 2Union, jonction de deux cordages par un autre plus petit qui fait plusieurs tours symétriques.
- 3Opération réalisée dans l'espace et destinée à rendre mécaniquement solidaires des engins spatiaux.
- 4Un objet naturel ou un équipement artificiel permettant d'attacher une corde de progression ou de protection. L'action d'utiliser un tel point.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aamrrage
- amarage
- amararge
- amarraeg
- amarragge
- amarrgae
- ammarrage
- amrarage
- maarrage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amarrage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “amarrage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-M-A-R-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ma.ʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amorçage” - see the side-by-side comparison. amarrage vs amorçage
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.