concassage

\kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\

/\kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“concassage” is uncommon French (frequency #92,574 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,574
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de concasser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concassage · concassage · French

concassage · rank #92,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,574
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compressés

Nearest frequency peer: compressés (-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 « concassage »

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 « concassage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concassage
PropertyValue
Headwordconcassage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,574
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « concassage » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).concassagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « compressés » (#92,573), « concentrateur » (#92,575), « complexés » (#92,572). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concassage » est au #92,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concassage is uncommon French at frequency #92,574 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de concasser.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for concassage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is concassage, spelled C-O-N-C-A-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de concasser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le concassage des pierres.
  2. C’est vers 1850, qu’il existe le plus d’établissements de concassage et de broyage fonctionnant grâce à des roues hydrauliques et des fours au charbon de bois pour faire fondre les minerais.

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 "concassage"?
"concassage" is spelled C-O-N-C-A-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\.
What does "concassage" mean?
As a noun, "concassage" means: Action de concasser.
How do you pronounce "concassage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concassage" is \kɔ̃.ka.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concassage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list