esclavage

\es.kla.vaʒ\

/\es.kla.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“esclavage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,343
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État ou condition d’un ou d’une esclave.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esclavage · esclavage · French

esclavage · rank #5,343 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,343
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envisager

Nearest frequency peer: envisager (-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 « esclavage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « esclavage » 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).

esclavage vs esclave
78% similar

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

Key facts for esclavage
PropertyValue
Headwordesclavage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\es.kla.vaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,343
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « esclavage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).esclavagese 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 « envisager » (#5,342), « exemplaire » (#5,344), « entretenir » (#5,341). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « esclavage » est au #5,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around esclavage (IPA \es.kla.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,343 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for esclavage, with forms such as "ecslavage", "escalvage", and "escclavage". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "esclave", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 esclavage, spelled E-S-C-L-A-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État ou condition d’un ou d’une esclave.
  2. 2
    Tout ce qui tient une personne ou un groupe dans une sorte d’assujettissement ou de dépendance.
  3. 3
    Tout ce qui tient une personne ou un groupe dans une sorte d’assujettissement ou de dépendance.
  4. 4
    Tout ce qui tient une personne ou un groupe dans une sorte d’assujettissement ou de dépendance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; jamais un peuple moral et religieux ne peut continuer à rester dans l’esclavage; il devient trop puissant pour ses oppresseurs.
  2. Plus loin, Marx nous fait voir comment l’aurore des temps modernes fut marquée par la conquête de l'Amérique, l’esclavage des nègres et les guerres coloniales : […].

This word in other languages

slavery(English)esclavitud(Español)Sklaverei(Deutsch)escravidão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecslavage
  • escalvage
  • escclavage
  • esclaavge
  • esclavaeg
  • esclavagge
  • esclavgae
  • esclavvage
  • escllavage
  • esclvaage
  • eslcavage
  • essclavage
  • seclavage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecslavage2escalvage2escclavage1esclaavge2esclavaeg2esclavagge1esclavgae2esclavvage1
Edit distance from "esclavage"

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 "esclavage"?
"esclavage" is spelled E-S-C-L-A-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \es.kla.vaʒ\.
What does "esclavage" mean?
As a noun, "esclavage" means: État ou condition d’un ou d’une esclave.
What words are commonly confused with "esclavage"?
"esclavage" is commonly confused with "esclave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esclavage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esclavage" is \es.kla.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esclavage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

envisager#5,342continuez#5,331concernés#5,326maîtresse#5,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

débarrasser13 variantsbiologique13 variantsprimaires13 variantssportifs13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list