ancrage

\ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\

/\ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ancrage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,112
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ancrage · ancrage · French

ancrage · rank #18,112 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,112
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ambitieuse

Nearest frequency peer: ambitieuse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ancrage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ancrage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ancrage vs ancre
71% similar
ancrage vs ancrée
71% similar
ancrage vs average
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ancrage
PropertyValue
Headwordancrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,112
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ancrage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ancragese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ambitieuse » (#18,111), « Anderlecht » (#18,113), « altération » (#18,110). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ancrage » est au #18,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ancrage (IPA \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,112 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Lieu propre et commode pour jeter l’ancre.
  3. 3
    Lien étroit.
  4. 4
    Lien fixe entre deux monnaies, avec possibilité de fluctuations très limitées par rapport à un cours central.
  5. 5
    Biais cognitif qui pousse à se fier à sa première impression, à la première information reçue.
  6. 6
    (Hypnose, PNL) Établissement d’une association entre un stimulus et un état mental, émotionnel ou physiologique positif.
  7. 7
    Point d’ancrage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour l’ancrage le bateau dispose d’une ancre à jas dont les pattes sont très larges afin de résister à la forte tension qui s’exercera au moment de la relève.
  2. «[…]. Je serais tout de même plus tranquille si le Shan-Tung changeait d’ancrage.»

Synonyms

mouillage

This word in other languages

anchoring(English)fondeadero(Español)Ankerplatz(Deutsch)ancoradouro(Português)

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.

acnrage2ancarge2anccrage1ancraeg2ancragge1ancrgae2ancrrage1anncrage1
Edit distance from "ancrage"

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 "ancrage"?
"ancrage" is spelled A-N-C-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\.
What does "ancrage" mean?
As a noun, "ancrage" means: Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "ancrage"?
"ancrage" is commonly confused with "ancre", "ancrée", "average". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ancrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ancrage" is \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ancrage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anxieux#18,114affilié#18,108appuyés#18,116éponyme#18,099

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

éveiller10 variantsattaches10 variantségoïsme10 variantsvoudrez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list