châtrage
\ʃɑ.tʁaʒ\
The verdict
“châtrage” 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) - Synonyme de castration.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatrage · châtrage · French
châtrage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | châtrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.tʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « châtrage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châtrage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ.tʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for châtrage in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is châtrage, spelled C-H-Â-T-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de castration.
- 2Travail du charron qui consiste à réduire légèrement le diamètre d'une roue en bois, pour y poser le cercle de fer ; résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how châtrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le châtrage des garçons a en effet bel et bien existé, il fut même une opération assez commune.
Pour la prévenir, il est un remède, le châtrage. Voici succinctement comment le charron y procède. D'abord il retire tous les rivets du fer et le fer lui-même. Puis il désassemble quelques-unes des jantes qui composent la jante totale et, sur les faces de deux, ou de quatre d'entre elles, sur les faces qui les font se toucher l'une l'autre, il rogne quelq…
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