clonage

/\klo.naʒ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,468

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

clonage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Technique de reproduction d’un être vivant, génétiquement identique à un autre préexistant. → voir clonage reproductif Pronounced \klo.naʒ\. Often confused with clone and codage.

Key facts for clonage
PropertyValue
Headwordclonage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klo.naʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,468
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of clonage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for clonage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \klo.naʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,468 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for clonage, with forms such as "cclonage", "cllonage", and "clnoage". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "clone", "codage", "chômage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is clonage, spelled C-L-O-N-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Technique de reproduction d’un être vivant, génétiquement identique à un autre préexistant. → voir clonage reproductif
  2. 2
    Technique de production d’un clone cellulaire, ensemble de cellules partageant le même génome. → voir clonage cellulaire
  3. 3
    (Biologie moléculaire) Technique de multiplication à l’identique d’un fragment d’ADN. → voir clonage moléculaire et clonage à l’aveugle
  4. 4
    Fait de reproduire à l’identique.
  5. 5
    Fait de reproduire à l’identique.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclonage,cllonage,clnoage,cloange,clonaeg,clonagge,clongae,clonnage,colnage,lconage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clonage

Misspelling Variants of "clonage"

cclonage8cllonage8clnoage7cloange7clonaeg7clonagge8clongae7clonnage8
Misspelling Variants of "clonage"

Frequency rank: #34,468 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clonage"?
"clonage" is spelled C-L-O-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klo.naʒ\.
What does "clonage" mean?
As a noun, "clonage" means: Technique de reproduction d’un être vivant, génétiquement identique à un autre préexistant. → voir clonage reproductif
What words are commonly confused with "clonage"?
"clonage" is commonly confused with "clone", "codage", "chômage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clonage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clonage" is \klo.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clonage" come from?
"clonage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.