empilage
\ɑ̃.pi.laʒ\
The verdict
“empilage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’empiler, résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empilage · empilage · French
empilage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empilage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pi.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empilage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empilage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.pi.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for empilage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is empilage, spelled E-M-P-I-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’empiler, résultat de cette action.
- 2Assemblage, dans un four à régénération, d’éléments réfractaires disposés de façon à ménager des espaces permettant la circulation alternée du flux des fumées de combustion et du flux d’air froid qui est ainsi réchauffé.
- 3Gerbage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empilage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cordon-bleu est un empilage de tranches de viande blanche, de jambon et de fromage.
A la suite de cette machine , se trouve un empilage qui reçoit les tablettes de chocolat dès qu'elles ont été enveloppées.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.