flottage
\flɔ.taʒ\
The verdict
“flottage” is uncommon French (frequency #82,958 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,958
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Transport du bois par eau, lorsqu’on le fait flotter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flottage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \flɔ.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flottage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flottage is uncommon French at frequency #82,958 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \flɔ.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flottage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 flottage, spelled F-L-O-T-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Transport du bois par eau, lorsqu’on le fait flotter.
- 2Procédé de traitement du bois qui consiste en son immersion dans l'eau pour éliminer la sève. Ensuite on obtient des bois plus résistant au pourrissement.
- 3Partie du bois qui masque un assemblage par tenon et mortaise.
- 4Séparation de corps solides par leur différence de densité.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “flottage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-L-O-T-T-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \flɔ.taʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.