etalage
\e.ta.la.ʒə\
The verdict
“etalage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étalage, vitrine, devanture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etalage · etalage · French
etalage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | etalage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ta.la.ʒə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « etalage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
etalage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta.la.ʒə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étalage, vitrine, devanture.".
Zero misspellings are on record for etalage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is etalage, spelled E-T-A-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Étalage, vitrine, devanture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how etalage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
het bekijken van etalages : le lèche-vitrine
Synonyms
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.