couchage

\ku.ʃaʒ\

/\ku.ʃaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“couchage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,898
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procédé consistant à étendre sur une feuille de papier, de tissu ou d’autres matériaux tels que l’aluminium, une ou plusieurs couches d'une préparation à base minérale, cellulosique ou plastique, e...

Corpus desk

Index FR-couchage · couchage · French

couchage · rank #28,898 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,898
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corvées

Nearest frequency peer: corvées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « couchage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « couchage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

couchage vs couché
63% similar
couchage vs courage
75% similar
couchage vs couchée
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for couchage
PropertyValue
Headwordcouchage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʃaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,898
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couchage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).couchagese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « corvées » (#28,897), « couplets » (#28,899), « corrigées » (#28,896). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couchage » est au #28,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around couchage (IPA \ku.ʃaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,898 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for couchage, with forms such as "ccouchage", "cocuhage", and "coucahge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "couché", "courage", "couchée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is couchage, spelled C-O-U-C-H-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Procédé consistant à étendre sur une feuille de papier, de tissu ou d’autres matériaux tels que l’aluminium, une ou plusieurs couches d'une préparation à base minérale, cellulosique ou plastique, en vue d’en améliorer les qualités.
  2. 2
    Marcottage.
  3. 3
    Ce qui sert aux soldats ou aux campeurs, pour se coucher.
  4. 4
    Action d’installer et de répartir les soldats pour passer la nuit.
  5. 5
    Liaison extra-conjugale, rapport sexuel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On réalise le papier couché par couchage.
  2. Malgré son excessive floribondité, elle donne rarement des graines, et on en est réduit à la multiplier de boutures et de couchages.

Synonyms

coucherie

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouchage
  • cocuhage
  • coucahge
  • coucchage
  • couchaeg
  • couchagge
  • couchgae
  • couchhage
  • couhcage
  • cuochage
  • ocuchage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couchage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccouchage1cocuhage2coucahge2coucchage1couchaeg2couchagge1couchgae2couchhage1
Edit distance from "couchage"

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 "couchage"?
"couchage" is spelled C-O-U-C-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʃaʒ\.
What does "couchage" mean?
As a noun, "couchage" means: Procédé consistant à étendre sur une feuille de papier, de tissu ou d’autres matériaux tels que l’aluminium, une ou plusieurs couches d'une préparation à base minérale, cellulosique ou plastique, e...
What words are commonly confused with "couchage"?
"couchage" is commonly confused with "couché", "courage", "couchée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couchage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couchage" is \ku.ʃaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couchage" come from?
"couchage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

couplets#28,899courroie#28,901Courtrai#28,902concocté#28,888

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

corvées11 variantscitadine11 variantscheptel11 variantscharlot11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list