filtrage

/\fil.tʁaʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,860

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

filtrage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de ne laisser passer que certaines choses et pas les autres. Pronounced \fil.tʁaʒ\. Often confused with filtre and filtrée.

Key facts for filtrage
PropertyValue
Headwordfiltrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fil.tʁaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,860
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of filtrage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for filtrage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fil.tʁaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,860 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for filtrage, with forms such as "ffiltrage", "filltrage", and "filrtage". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "filtre", "filtrée", "filtrant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is filtrage, spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de ne laisser passer que certaines choses et pas les autres.
  2. 2
    Application d’un filtre à un signal pour atténuer certaines composantes (passe-bas, passe-haut, bande, adaptatif).
  3. 3
    Règles ou algorithmes permettant d’autoriser ou de bloquer des flux ou des données (filtrage de paquets, filtrage DNS, anti-spam, filtrage parental).
  4. 4
    Sélection éditoriale des informations (sujets, angles, sources) déterminant ce qui est retenu ou écarté dans la couverture médiatique, avec effets sur l’agenda et le cadrage.
  5. 5
    Restriction d’accès à certains contenus jugés indésirables (blocage DNS/IP, listes, modération algorithmique).
  6. 6
    Pratique consistant à sélectionner des titres de portefeuille d’investissement en fonction de divers critères, notamment d’ordre social ou environnemental.
  7. 7
    Opération permettant de déterminer s’il y a lieu d’effectuer une évaluation environnementale.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffiltrage,filltrage,filrtage,filtarge,filtraeg,filtragge,filtrgae,filtrrage,filttrage,fitlrage,flitrage,ifltrage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for filtrage

Misspelling Variants of "filtrage"

ffiltrage9filltrage9filrtage8filtarge8filtraeg8filtragge9filtrgae8filtrrage9
Misspelling Variants of "filtrage"

Frequency rank: #22,860 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filtrage"?
"filtrage" is spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fil.tʁaʒ\.
What does "filtrage" mean?
As a noun, "filtrage" means: Action de ne laisser passer que certaines choses et pas les autres.
What words are commonly confused with "filtrage"?
"filtrage" is commonly confused with "filtre", "filtrée", "filtrant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filtrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filtrage" is \fil.tʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filtrage" come from?
"filtrage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.