carrelage

\kaʁ.laʒ\

/\kaʁ.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrelage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,657
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de carreler, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carrelage · carrelage · French

carrelage · rank #26,657 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,657
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carpentier

Nearest frequency peer: carpentier (-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 « carrelage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carrelage » 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).

carrelage vs cartilage
78% similar
carrelage vs carénage
67% similar

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

Key facts for carrelage
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrelage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.laʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,657
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrelage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carrelagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « carpentier » (#26,656), « Cassandra » (#26,658), « calorique » (#26,655). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrelage » est au #26,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around carrelage (IPA \kaʁ.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,657 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrelage, with forms such as "acrrelage", "carelage", and "carerlage". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cartilage", "carénage", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carrelage, spelled C-A-R-R-E-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de carreler, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Type de revêtement de sol des immeubles, à base de carreaux collés.
  3. 3
    Théorème du carrelage : Théorème où l’on démontre que les seuls polygones réguliers qui permettent de paver le plan sont le triangle équilatéral, le carré et l’hexagone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il m’en a coûté tant pour le carrelage de ma chambre, pour chaque mètre carré de carrelage.
  2. Pas de nuit qui ne s’achevât sans esclandre et c’est là qu’un matin, dépêché par le journal où je gagnais ma vie, j’aperçus sur un froid carrelage une fille assassinée.

This word in other languages

tiling(English)baldosas(Español)azulejo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrelage
  • carelage
  • carerlage
  • carrealge
  • carrelaeg
  • carrelagge
  • carrelgae
  • carrellage
  • carrleage
  • ccarrelage
  • crarelage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrelage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acrrelage2carelage1carerlage2carrealge2carrelaeg2carrelagge1carrelgae2carrellage1
Edit distance from "carrelage"

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 "carrelage"?
"carrelage" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.laʒ\.
What does "carrelage" mean?
As a noun, "carrelage" means: Action de carreler, résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "carrelage"?
"carrelage" is commonly confused with "cartilage", "carénage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrelage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrelage" is \kaʁ.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrelage" come from?
"carrelage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cassandra#26,658calorique#26,655Cassandre#26,659certifiés#26,661

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Byzance11 variantsbroderie11 variantschevron11 variantschicken11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list