dosage

\dɔ.zaʒ\

/\dɔ.zaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dosage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,129
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de doser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dosage · dosage · French

dosage · rank #15,129 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,129
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH donateurs

Nearest frequency peer: donateurs (-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 « dosage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dosage » 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).

dosage vs Dose
50% similar
dosage vs douane
67% similar
dosage vs dosages
86% similar

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

Key facts for dosage
PropertyValue
Headworddosage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.zaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,129
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dosage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dosagese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « donateurs » (#15,128), « drap » (#15,130), « dissous » (#15,127). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dosage » est au #15,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dosage (IPA \dɔ.zaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,129 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dosage, with forms such as "ddosage", "doasge", and "dosaeg". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Dose", "douane", "dosages", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dosage, spelled D-O-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de doser.
  2. 2
    Mesure d’une quantité de matière.
  3. 3
    Détermination, calcul, de la dose d’un médicament.
  4. 4
    Répartition en proportions adéquates.
  5. 5
    Modification d’un peuplement pour réduire la présence d’une essence ou éliminer des sujets indésirables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les bancs d’essai automatiques de dosage des protéines dans les céréales seront vérifiés globalement à l’aide de farines de référence.
  2. Plus exactement, la détection et le dosage des cytokines dans le sang, un biomarqueur inflammatoire, permettent de différencier les patients atteints de troubles bipolaires de ceux qui souffrent d’un trouble dépressif.

Synonyms

mesuretitrage

This word in other languages

dosage(English)Dosierung(Deutsch)dosagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddosage
  • doasge
  • dosaeg
  • dosagge
  • dosgae
  • dossage
  • dsoage
  • odsage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddosage1doasge2dosaeg2dosagge1dosgae2dossage1dsoage2odsage2
Edit distance from "dosage"

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 "dosage"?
"dosage" is spelled D-O-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.zaʒ\.
What does "dosage" mean?
As a noun, "dosage" means: Action de doser.
What words are commonly confused with "dosage"?
"dosage" is commonly confused with "Dose", "douane", "dosages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dosage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dosage" is \dɔ.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dosage" come from?
"dosage" 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 "dosage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

créole#15,118fallut#15,143fisher#15,145Clichy#15,108

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dissous8 variantshardy8 variantsbattait8 variantsHussein8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list