blindage

/\blɛ̃.daʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,664

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

blindage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Revêtement servant à protéger un véhicule ou un bâtiment des tirs. Pronounced \blɛ̃.daʒ\. Often confused with blinde and blindée.

Key facts for blindage
PropertyValue
Headwordblindage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɛ̃.daʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,664
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for blindage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blɛ̃.daʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,664 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for blindage, with forms such as "bblindage", "bilndage", and "blidnage". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "blinde", "blindée", "bondage", and more, 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 blindage, spelled B-L-I-N-D-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
    Revêtement servant à protéger un véhicule ou un bâtiment des tirs.
  2. 2
    Protection métallique servant à protéger une issue ou un coffre contre les effractions.
  3. 3
    Enveloppe conductrice reliée à la masse et servant de protection contre les parasites.
  4. 4
    Effet d’écran résultant d’un affaiblissement local d’un champ électrique exercé vers l’extérieur par une entité chargée (noyau atomique, ion ou assemblage moléculaire), dû à la présence d’électrons ou d’ions de charge opposée autour de cette entité.
  5. 5
    Étayage des parois d’une tranchée pour éviter un écroulement de celles-ci.
  6. 6
    Dispositif de protection interposé entre une source de rayonnement et une région déterminée.
  7. 7
    Vérifications supplémentaires dans un bloc de code afin qu'il ne génère pas de crash, voire pas d'exception.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bblindage,bilndage,blidnage,blinadge,blindaeg,blindagge,blinddage,blindgae,blinndage,bllindage,blnidage,lbindage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blindage

Misspelling Variants of "blindage"

bblindage9bilndage8blidnage8blinadge8blindaeg8blindagge9blinddage9blindgae8
Misspelling Variants of "blindage"

Frequency rank: #29,664 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blindage"?
"blindage" is spelled B-L-I-N-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛ̃.daʒ\.
What does "blindage" mean?
As a noun, "blindage" means: Revêtement servant à protéger un véhicule ou un bâtiment des tirs.
What words are commonly confused with "blindage"?
"blindage" is commonly confused with "blinde", "blindée", "bondage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blindage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blindage" is \blɛ̃.daʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blindage" come from?
"blindage" 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.