emballage

\ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\

/\ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“emballage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,575
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’emballer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emballage · emballage · French

emballage · rank #11,575 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,575
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH effrayant

Nearest frequency peer: effrayant (-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 « emballage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « emballage » 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).

emballage vs emballe
78% similar
emballage vs emballée
78% similar
emballage vs emballages
90% similar

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

Key facts for emballage
PropertyValue
Headwordemballage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,575
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emballage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).emballagese 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 « effrayant » (#11,574), « eddy » (#11,573), « déçus » (#11,572). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emballage » est au #11,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around emballage (IPA \ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,575 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for emballage, with forms such as "ebmallage", "emabllage", and "embalage". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "emballe", "emballée", "emballages", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is emballage, spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’emballer.
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action ; ce qui emballe.
  3. 3
    Maniére d'emballer.
  4. 4
    Contenant d'un produit de grande consommation.
  5. 5
    Matériau utilisé pour ce faire.
  6. 6
    Apparence, ornements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’est chargé de l’emballage de ces marchandises.
  2. Antoine regarde sa mère ouvrir la barre de nougat tandis qu'il finit son chocolat chaud. C'est vraiment interminable de dégager de son emballage en plastique ce fichu nougat !

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ebmallage
  • emabllage
  • embalage
  • embalalge
  • emballaeg
  • emballagge
  • emballgae
  • embballage
  • emblalage
  • emmballage
  • meballage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emballage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ebmallage2emabllage2embalage1embalalge2emballaeg2emballagge1emballgae2embballage1
Edit distance from "emballage"

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 "emballage"?
"emballage" is spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\.
What does "emballage" mean?
As a noun, "emballage" means: Action d’emballer.
What words are commonly confused with "emballage"?
"emballage" is commonly confused with "emballe", "emballée", "emballages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emballage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emballage" is \ɑ̃.ba.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emballage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emballage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list