couchage
\ku.ʃaʒ\
The verdict
“couchage” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,898 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,898
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couchage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʃaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couchage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for couchage is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʃaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,898 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Procédé 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.
- 2Marcottage.
- 3Ce qui sert aux soldats ou aux campeurs, pour se coucher.
- 4Action d’installer et de répartir les soldats pour passer la nuit.
- 5Liaison extra-conjugale, rapport sexuel.
Synonyms
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.
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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Using “couchage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-C-H-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.ʃaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “couché” - see the side-by-side comparison. couchage vs couché
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.