décolletage
\de.kɔl.taʒ\
The verdict
“décolletage” is an uncommon French word, ranked #95,825 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,825
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de décolleter un vêtement ou de se décolleter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décolletage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kɔl.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décolletage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for décolletage is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.kɔl.taʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #95,825 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for décolletage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is décolletage, spelled D-É-C-O-L-L-E-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de décolleter un vêtement ou de se décolleter.
- 2Abrasion des racines ou des feuilles de produits récoltés dans un champ.
- 3Usinage de pièces métalliques réalisé sur un tour.
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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 “décolletage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-L-L-E-T-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kɔl.taʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.