bridage

\bʁi.daʒ\

/\bʁi.daʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bridage” is uncommon French (frequency #79,114 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,114
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de brider, de limiter volontairement la puissance d’un moteur.

Key facts for bridage
PropertyValue
Headwordbridage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁi.daʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,114
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bridage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bridage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bridage is uncommon French at frequency #79,114 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁi.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bridage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bridage, spelled B-R-I-D-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de brider, de limiter volontairement la puissance d’un moteur.
  2. 2
    Cordage utilisé autrefois par les vidangeurs de fosses.
  3. 3
    Assemblage de plusieurs pièces à l’aide de brides.
  4. 4
    Moyen de fixage du chargement réalisé par des outils fixes et rigides. Il consiste en l’utilisation de moyens tels que verrous, boulons, cales fixes sur le plancher, pour immobiliser la charge transportée.

Synonyms

bridement

Antonyms

débridage

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 "bridage"?
"bridage" is spelled B-R-I-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁi.daʒ\.
What does "bridage" mean?
As a noun, "bridage" means: Action de brider, de limiter volontairement la puissance d’un moteur.
How do you pronounce "bridage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bridage" is \bʁi.daʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bridage" come from?
"bridage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “bridage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-R-I-D-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bʁi.daʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list