blocage

\blɔ.kaʒ\

/\blɔ.kaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“blocage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,402
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réunir en bloc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blocage · blocage · French

blocage · rank #7,402 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,402
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH allusion

Nearest frequency peer: allusion (-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 « blocage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blocage » 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).

blocage vs bocage
86% similar
blocage vs broyage
71% similar
blocage vs blocages
88% similar

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

Key facts for blocage
PropertyValue
Headwordblocage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɔ.kaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,402
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blocage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).blocagese 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 « allusion » (#7,401), « bracelet » (#7,403), « Allah » (#7,400). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blocage » est au #7,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around blocage (IPA \blɔ.kaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,402 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for blocage, with forms such as "bblocage", "blcoage", and "bllocage". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bocage", "broyage", "blocages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 blocage, spelled B-L-O-C-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de réunir en bloc.
  2. 2
    Assemblage en bloc de moellons.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de petites pierres destinées à remplir les vides entres les grosses pierres.
  4. 4
    Action de bloquer, de rendre immobile.
  5. 5
    Mouvement défensif permettant d’annihiler un coup adverse.
  6. 6
    Lettre renversée mise à la place d’une autre qui manque dans la casse.
  7. 7
    Caractère d’une évolution forestière qui se trouve entravée par une situation particulière.
  8. 8
    Phénomène météorologique qui se traduit par une stabilité dans l’évolution du climat sur une zone géographique et pour une durée de plusieurs jours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On utilise des blocages pour remplir le vide laisser entre deux parement de pierre.
  2. En outre, la conception de l’autodéschisteur doit être telle que le blocage des dispositifs d’évacuation par la matière à éliminer soit impossible. Il doit être parfaitement automatique.

Synonyms

blocaille

This word in other languages

bloqueo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblocage
  • blcoage
  • bllocage
  • bloacge
  • blocaeg
  • blocagge
  • bloccage
  • blocgae
  • bolcage
  • lbocage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blocage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bblocage1blcoage2bllocage1bloacge2blocaeg2blocagge1bloccage1blocgae2
Edit distance from "blocage"

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 "blocage"?
"blocage" is spelled B-L-O-C-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔ.kaʒ\.
What does "blocage" mean?
As a noun, "blocage" means: Action de réunir en bloc.
What words are commonly confused with "blocage"?
"blocage" is commonly confused with "bocage", "broyage", "blocages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blocage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blocage" is \blɔ.kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blocage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cendres#7,409évoquer#7,394Étienne#7,393croiser#7,418

Similar misspelling depth

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

deviner10 variantsdiocèse10 variantssignaux10 variantssentait10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list