ancrage
\ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\
The verdict
“ancrage” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,112 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,112
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action.
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 | ancrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ancrage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ancrage is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,112 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ancrage, with forms such as "acnrage", "ancarge", and "anccrage". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ancre", "ancrée", "average", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ancrage, spelled A-N-C-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action.
- 2Lieu propre et commode pour jeter l’ancre.
- 3Lien étroit.
- 4Lien fixe entre deux monnaies, avec possibilité de fluctuations très limitées par rapport à un cours central.
- 5Biais cognitif qui pousse à se fier à sa première impression, à la première information reçue.
- 6(Hypnose, PNL) Établissement d’une association entre un stimulus et un état mental, émotionnel ou physiologique positif.
- 7Point d’ancrage.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acnrage,ancarge,anccrage,ancraeg,ancragge,ancrgae,ancrrage,anncrage,anrcage,nacrage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ancrage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “ancrage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-C-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ancre” - see the side-by-side comparison. ancrage vs ancre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.