coffrage
\kɔ.fʁaʒ\
The verdict
“coffrage” is uncommon French (frequency #65,797 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,797
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charpente d’une galerie de mine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coffrage · coffrage · French
coffrage · rank #65,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,797
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cluses
Nearest frequency peer: cluses (-2 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 « coffrage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cioran
Cioran
34,209 corpus weight
- cita
cita
34,208 corpus weight
- CLM
CLM
34,207 corpus weight
- cluses
cluses
34,206 corpus weight
- coffrage
coffrage
34,204 corpus weight
- composeront
composeront
34,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coffrage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coffrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.fʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coffrage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coffrage is uncommon French at frequency #65,797 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.fʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for coffrage in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coffrage, spelled C-O-F-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Charpente d’une galerie de mine.
- 2Enceinte provisoire destinée à contenir un matériau de construction en attendant qu’il durcisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coffrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce coffrage est rempli de mortier autolissant et autonivelant et peut recevoir tous les revêtements classiques de sols.
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.
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