attelage

/\a.tə.laʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,769

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

attelage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’atteler. Pronounced \a.tə.laʒ\. Often confused with attelé and attelle.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for attelage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tə.laʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,769 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for attelage, with forms such as "atelage", "atetlage", and "attealge". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "attelé", "attelle", 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 attelage, spelled A-T-T-E-L-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 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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atelage,atetlage,attealge,attelaeg,attelagge,attelgae,attellage,attleage,tatelage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for attelage

Misspelling Variants of "attelage"

atelage7atetlage8attealge8attelaeg8attelagge9attelgae8attellage9attleage8
Misspelling Variants of "attelage"

Frequency rank: #23,769 in French

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?
"attelage" 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.