caillage
\ka.jaʒ\
The verdict
“caillage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de cailler ; état de ce qui est caillé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caillage · caillage · French
caillage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caillage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.jaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
caillage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de cailler ; état de ce qui est caillé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for caillage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is caillage, spelled C-A-I-L-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de cailler ; état de ce qui est caillé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caillage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le caillage : pour obtenir la coagulation, on ajoute au lait de la présure, des ferments lactiques, ou les deux à la fois.
Ils procédaient au caillage du lait à partir de présure, substance provenant de la caillette (partie de l’estomac entre panse & feuillet) de jeune veau qui n’a mangé que du lait.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.