attelage

\a.tə.laʒ\

/\a.tə.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“attelage” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,769
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-attelage · attelage · French

attelage · rank #23,769 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,769
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atmosphériques

Nearest frequency peer: atmosphériques (-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 « attelage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attelage » 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).

attelage vs attelé
63% similar
attelage vs attelle
75% similar

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

Key facts for attelage
PropertyValue
Headwordattelage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tə.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,769
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attelage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.attelagese 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 « atmosphériques » (#23,768), « attribuent » (#23,770), « assemblés » (#23,767). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attelage » est au #23,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around attelage (IPA \a.tə.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,769 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for attelage, with forms such as "atelage", "atetlage", and "attealge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "attelé", "attelle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 attelage, spelled A-T-T-E-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’atteler.
  2. 2
    Ce qui sert à atteler.
  3. 3
    Animaux de trait qui sont attelés ensemble.
  4. 4
    Ensemble constitué des animaux de trait et de la remorque.
  5. 5
    Discipline de sport équestre qui comporte différentes épreuves : du dressage, un marathon et une épreuve de maniabilité.
  6. 6
    Ensemble constitué du tracteur et de sa semi-remorque, du camion et de sa remorque, ou d'un tracteur et de plusieurs remorques.
  7. 7
    Dispositif permettant d’atteler une remorque ou une caravane à un véhicule tracteur.
  8. 8
    Amarrage d’engins spatiaux dont l’un au moins est un véhicule destiné à remorquer les autres. Dispositif servant à cette opération.
  9. 9
    Association d’un terme concret et d’un terme abstrait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’attelage des bœufs ne se fait pas de la même façon que celui des chevaux.
  2. L’attelage des wagons de chemin de fer.

Synonyms

zeugme

This word in other languages

drawbar(English)Anhängerkupplung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atelage
  • atetlage
  • attealge
  • attelaeg
  • attelagge
  • attelgae
  • attellage
  • attleage
  • tatelage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attelage - 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.

atelage1atetlage2attealge2attelaeg2attelagge1attelgae2attellage1attleage2
Edit distance from "attelage"

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 "attelage"?
"attelage" is spelled A-T-T-E-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tə.laʒ\.
What does "attelage" mean?
As a noun, "attelage" means: Action d’atteler.
What words are commonly confused with "attelage"?
"attelage" is commonly confused with "attelé", "attelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attelage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attelage" is \a.tə.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attelage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list