colorage
\kɔ.lɔ.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“colorage” 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) - Action de colorer, de teinter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colorage · colorage · French
colorage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | colorage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colorage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colorage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
colorage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is colorage, spelled C-O-L-O-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de colorer, de teinter.
- 2Fait de modifier artificiellement la couleur du vin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colorage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques-uns pensent que la beauté de la matière aura décidé l’architecte à se départir cette fois seulement du système de colorage, dont l’emploi universel n’est plus maintenant l’objet d’un doute scientifique.
Outre le bel atelier de colorage (égal par la brosse), où la couleur sèche en une minute, nous vîmes l’immense et fantastique atelier du tissage : deux cents métiers, cent ouvriers.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.