démarrage

\de.ma.ʁaʒ\

/\de.ma.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“démarrage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,649
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacement d’un navire, soit qu’on le démarre du poste qu’il occupe dans un port, ou que la force du vent, le mauvais temps fasse rompre ses amarres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-demarrage · démarrage · French

démarrage · rank #9,649 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,649
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégagé

Nearest frequency peer: dégagé (-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 « démarrage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démarrage » 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).

démarrage vs démarre
78% similar
démarrage vs démarchage
80% similar

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

Key facts for démarrage
PropertyValue
Headworddémarrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ma.ʁaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,649
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démarrage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).démarragese 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 « dégagé » (#9,648), « déranger » (#9,650), « défendent » (#9,647). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démarrage » est au #9,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around démarrage (IPA \de.ma.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,649 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for démarrage, with forms such as "ddémarrage", "demarrage", and "dméarrage". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "démarre", "démarchage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is démarrage, spelled D-É-M-A-R-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déplacement d’un navire, soit qu’on le démarre du poste qu’il occupe dans un port, ou que la force du vent, le mauvais temps fasse rompre ses amarres.
  2. 2
    Départ d'un moyen de locomotion.
  3. 3
    Commencement d'un mouvement, mise en route.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a du démarrage sur la rade.
  2. Le démarrage d’un bateau.

Synonyms

départmise en route

This word in other languages

startup(English)Start(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémarrage
  • demarrage
  • dméarrage
  • déamrrage
  • démarage
  • démararge
  • démarraeg
  • démarragge
  • démarrgae
  • démmarrage
  • démrarage
  • édmarrage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démarrage - 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.

ddémarrage1demarrage1dméarrage2déamrrage2démarage1démararge2démarraeg2démarragge1
Edit distance from "démarrage"

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 "démarrage"?
"démarrage" is spelled D-É-M-A-R-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ma.ʁaʒ\.
What does "démarrage" mean?
As a noun, "démarrage" means: Déplacement d’un navire, soit qu’on le démarre du poste qu’il occupe dans un port, ou que la force du vent, le mauvais temps fasse rompre ses amarres.
What words are commonly confused with "démarrage"?
"démarrage" is commonly confused with "démarre", "démarchage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démarrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démarrage" is \de.ma.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démarrage" come from?
"démarrage" 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 "démarrage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défendent#9,647décrocher#9,646existants#9,654fermement#9,659

Similar misspelling depth

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

enfermer12 variantsdemandée12 variantschinoises12 variantslimitées12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list