évitage
\e.vi.taʒ\
The verdict
“évitage” 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) - Action d’éviter ; évitement référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
Corpus desk
Index FR-evitage · évitage · French
évitage · 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 "É" 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 | évitage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.vi.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « évitage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
évitage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.vi.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for évitage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is évitage, spelled É-V-I-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’éviter ; évitement référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
- 2Espace suffisant pour qu’un navire à l’ancre puisse éviter, puisse tourner librement, lorsque le vent ou la marée change.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how évitage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Afin de réduire le rayon d’évitage, on peut être amené à immerger plusieurs corps-morts sur lesquels le bateau sera affourché.
L’ancre de veille de tribord, empennelée d’une ancre à jet, fut mouillée par bâbord-arrière pour servir d’ancre d’évitage ; elle avait une biture de 80 brasses.
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.