garage

\ɡa.ʁaʒ\

/\ɡa.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“garage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,137
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment où on entrepose à l’abri des intempéries les véhicules de transport terrestres, maritimes ou aériens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-garage · garage · French

garage · rank #5,137 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,137
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gabriel

Nearest frequency peer: Gabriel (-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 « garage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « garage » 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).

garage vs gare
67% similar
garage vs grâce
50% similar
garage vs garde
67% similar

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

Key facts for garage
PropertyValue
Headwordgarage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.ʁaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,137
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « garage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).garagese 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 « Gabriel » (#5,136), « gravité » (#5,138), « from » (#5,135). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « garage » est au #5,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around garage (IPA \ɡa.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,137 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for garage, with forms such as "agrage", "gaarge", and "garaeg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gare", "grâce", "garde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is garage, spelled G-A-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment où on entrepose à l’abri des intempéries les véhicules de transport terrestres, maritimes ou aériens.
  2. 2
    Action de mettre des wagons à l’abri ou en réserve sur une partie de la voie ferrée disposée à cet effet.
  3. 3
    Action de mettre à l'abri tout type de véhicule de transport.
  4. 4
    Entreprise ou lieu spécialisé dans le stockage, la vente, l'entretien, la réparation des véhicules automobiles, ou des utilitaires de transport.
  5. 5
    Action de faire entrer un bateau dans une gare maritime. On dit aussi garaie.
  6. 6
    Genres de musiques (rock agressif, house, musique électronique) apparues aux États-Unis et en Grande-Bretagne de 1960 à 1990.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La place Kléber, du matin au soir, n’est plus qu’un garage ouvert où se parquent des centaines d’automobiles.
  2. Garage du train sur sa voie de garage.

Synonyms

parking

This word in other languages

parking garage(English)garaje(Español)Garage(Deutsch)garagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrage
  • gaarge
  • garaeg
  • garagge
  • gargae
  • garrage
  • ggarage
  • graage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agrage2gaarge2garaeg2garagge1gargae2garrage1ggarage1graage2
Edit distance from "garage"

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 "garage"?
"garage" is spelled G-A-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.ʁaʒ\.
What does "garage" mean?
As a noun, "garage" means: Bâtiment où on entrepose à l’abri des intempéries les véhicules de transport terrestres, maritimes ou aériens.
What words are commonly confused with "garage"?
"garage" is commonly confused with "gare", "grâce", "garde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garage" is \ɡa.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garage" come from?
"garage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hitler#5,141inclus#5,145junior#5,147latine#5,149

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hélas8 variantsbébés8 variantsbrown8 variantsplaire8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list