cordage
\kɔʁ.daʒ\
The verdict
“cordage” is uncommon French (frequency #51,981 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,981
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corde de dimension plus ou moins grande qui sert au gréement et à la manœuvre d’un navire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cordage · cordage · French
cordage · rank #51,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,981
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cord
Nearest frequency peer: cord (-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 « cordage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coproduit
coproduit
48,023 corpus weight
- coralliens
coralliens
48,022 corpus weight
- cord
cord
48,021 corpus weight
- cordage
cordage
48,020 corpus weight
- coronaire
coronaire
48,019 corpus weight
- couchettes
couchettes
48,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cordage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cordage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.daʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cordage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cordage is uncommon French at frequency #51,981 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
cordage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cordage, spelled C-O-R-D-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Corde de dimension plus ou moins grande qui sert au gréement et à la manœuvre d’un navire.
- 2Ensemble de toute sorte de corde.
- 3Ensemble des cordes d’une raquette de tennis.
- 4Action de corder une raquette de tennis.
- 5Manière de mesurer le bois qu’on appelle bois de corde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cordage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… le matelot siffla ses hommes, sur un ordre qu’il leur donna, ils sautèrent tous sur le Saint-Ferdinand, grimpèrent dans les cordages, et se mirent à le dépouiller de ses vergues, de ses voiles, de ses agrès, […].
De la fibre qui entoure la noix on fabrique de robustes cordages imputrescibles, […].
Synonyms
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 "cordage"?
What does "cordage" mean?
How do you pronounce "cordage"?
What language does "cordage" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cordage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).