décalage

\de.ka.laʒ\

/\de.ka.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“décalage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,427
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de décaler ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decalage · décalage · French

décalage · rank #7,427 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,427
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ds

Nearest frequency peer: Ds (-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 « décalage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « décalage » 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).

décalage vs décale
75% similar
décalage vs décalée
75% similar
décalage vs declare
63% similar

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

Key facts for décalage
PropertyValue
Headworddécalage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ka.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,427
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « décalage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).décalagese 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 « Ds » (#7,426), « décidément » (#7,428), « dégradation » (#7,429). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décalage » est au #7,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around décalage (IPA \de.ka.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,427 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for décalage, with forms such as "dcéalage", "ddécalage", and "decalage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "décale", "décalée", "declare", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is décalage, spelled D-É-C-A-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de décaler ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Distance qui, dans un choc frontal, sépare les deux axes longitudinaux médians de deux véhicules se heurtant.
  3. 3
    Distance qui, dans un choc latéral, sépare l'axe longitudinal du véhicule heurtant de l'axe transversal médian du véhicule heurté.
  4. 4
    Fonction permettant à l’auditeur ou au téléspectateur de suspendre la réception d’un programme tout en l’enregistrant pour en reprendre ultérieurement le cours à son point d’interruption.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le décalage d’une caisse, d’une futaille.
  2. , La grande guerre a introduit dans toutes les carrières un décalage de quatre ans.

This word in other languages

offset(English)Verschiebung(Deutsch)distância(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcéalage
  • ddécalage
  • decalage
  • déaclage
  • décaalge
  • décalaeg
  • décalagge
  • décalgae
  • décallage
  • déccalage
  • déclaage
  • édcalage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décalage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dcéalage2ddécalage1decalage1déaclage2décaalge2décalaeg2décalagge1décalgae2
Edit distance from "décalage"

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 "décalage"?
"décalage" is spelled D-É-C-A-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ka.laʒ\.
What does "décalage" mean?
As a noun, "décalage" means: Action de décaler ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "décalage"?
"décalage" is commonly confused with "décale", "décalée", "declare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "décalage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décalage" is \de.ka.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décalage" come from?
"décalage" 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 "décalage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

délicate#7,430couverts#7,416consacre#7,415composer#7,412

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

cellulaire12 variantscavalerie12 variantsbracelet12 variantsintimité12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list