équipages

\e.ki.paʒ\

/\e.ki.paʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“équipages” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,288
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-equipages · équipages · French

équipages · rank #15,288 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,288
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH électoraux

Nearest frequency peer: électoraux (-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 « équipages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « équipages » 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).

équipages vs équipes
78% similar
équipages vs équipées
78% similar
équipages vs équipage
89% similar

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

Key facts for équipages
PropertyValue
Headwordéquipages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ki.paʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,288
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « équipages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).équipagesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « électoraux » (#15,287), « yaourt » (#15,286), « étudiée » (#15,290). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « équipages » est au #15,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around équipages (IPA \e.ki.paʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,288 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de équipage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for équipages, with forms such as "equipages", "qéuipages", and "éqiupages". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "équipes", "équipées", "équipage", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 équipages, spelled É-Q-U-I-P-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de équipage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est à l’expérience de la guerre à dire s’il n’y a pas lieu de désagglomérer les canons et leurs équipages sur nos cuirassés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • equipages
  • qéuipages
  • éqiupages
  • éqquipages
  • équiapges
  • équipaegs
  • équipagess
  • équipagges
  • équipagse
  • équipgaes
  • équippages
  • équpiages
  • éuqipages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

equipages1qéuipages2éqiupages2éqquipages1équiapges2équipaegs2équipagess1équipagges1
Edit distance from "équipages"

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 "équipages"?
"équipages" is spelled É-Q-U-I-P-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ki.paʒ\.
What does "équipages" mean?
As a noun, "équipages" means: Pluriel de équipage.
What words are commonly confused with "équipages"?
"équipages" is commonly confused with "équipes", "équipées", "équipage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "équipages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "équipages" is \e.ki.paʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "équipages" come from?
"équipages" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "équipages", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list