chronométrage

\kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\

/\kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“chronométrage” is uncommon French (frequency #73,009 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,009
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mesure du temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chronometrage · chronométrage · French

chronométrage · rank #73,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,009
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chromosomique

Nearest frequency peer: chromosomique (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chronométrage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chronométrage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chronométrage
PropertyValue
Headwordchronométrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#73,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chronométrage » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chronométragetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « chromosomique » (#73,008), « chemtrails » (#73,007), « chérissent » (#73,011). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chronométrage » est au #73,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chronométrage is uncommon French at frequency #73,009 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mesure du temps.".

Zero misspellings are on record for chronométrage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chronométrage, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-M-É-T-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mesure du temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Lorsque le raid comporte des étapes quotidiennes ou peu espacées dans le temps, le responsable du chronométrage va se positionner aux emplacements d’étape.

This word in other languages

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 "chronométrage"?
"chronométrage" is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-M-É-T-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\.
What does "chronométrage" mean?
As a noun, "chronométrage" means: Mesure du temps.
How do you pronounce "chronométrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chronométrage" is \kʁɔ.nɔ.me.tʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chronométrage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list