équipage
\e.ki.paʒ\
The verdict
“équipage” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,581 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,581
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réunion de ceux qui montent un navire pour en faire le service et la manœuvre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | équipage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ki.paʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “équipage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for équipage is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ki.paʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,581 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for équipage, with forms such as "equipage", "qéuipage", and "éqiupage". 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, "équipé", "équipée", "équipages", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is équipage, spelled É-Q-U-I-P-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Réunion de ceux qui montent un navire pour en faire le service et la manœuvre.
- 2Personnel à bord d’un aéronef, ou d’un engin spatial, chargé de son fonctionnement et, le cas échéant, de la sécurité et du confort des passagers.
- 3Personnes responsables d’un véhicule, lors d’une compétition automobile.
- 4Toutes les choses nécessaires pour certaines entreprises ou opérations, pour divers exercices.
- 5Voiture hippomobile ou plus rarement automobile, de luxe ou de commodité d’un particulier.
- 6Train, suite, chevaux, mulets, carrosses, valets, etc., d’un riche personnage.
- 7Manière dont une personne est vêtue, aspect général qu’elle présente.
- 8Les grues, gruaux, chèvres, vindas, charriots et autres machines, que des échelles, baliveaux, dosses, cordages et tout ce qui sert pour la construction et pour le transport des matériaux. Ces instruments étaient ordinairement fournis par l'entrepreneur, le maçon n'ayant à s'occuper que de menu outillage.
- 9L'ensemble des ressources (hommes et bêtes) organisées pour la chasse. Il est lié à un territoire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: equipage,qéuipage,éqiupage,éqquipage,équiapge,équipaeg,équipagge,équipgae,équippage,équpiage,éuqipage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of équipage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “équipage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-Q-U-I-P-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ki.paʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “équipé” - see the side-by-side comparison. équipage vs équipé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.