garages

\ɡa.ʁaʒ\

/\ɡa.ʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“garages” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,786
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de garage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-garages · garages · French

garages · rank #29,786 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,786
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH félins

Nearest frequency peer: félins (-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 « garages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « garages » 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).

garages vs gares
71% similar
garages vs graves
71% similar
garages vs gardes
71% similar

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

Key facts for garages
PropertyValue
Headwordgarages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.ʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,786
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « garages »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).garagesse 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 « félins » (#29,785), « gascon » (#29,787), « Fuji » (#29,784). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « garages » est au #29,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around garages (IPA \ɡa.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,786 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de garage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for garages, with forms such as "agrages", "gaarges", and "garaegs". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "gares", "graves", "gardes", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is garages, spelled G-A-R-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de garage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi, il n’existait pas dans ce pays de réseau de concessionnaires automobiles, ni même de garages à proprement parler… car le parc automobile circulant était si faible que le métier de réparateur automobile ne s’était pas encore structuré.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrages
  • gaarges
  • garaegs
  • garagess
  • garagges
  • garagse
  • gargaes
  • garrages
  • ggarages
  • graages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agrages2gaarges2garaegs2garagess1garagges1garagse2gargaes2garrages1
Edit distance from "garages"

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 "garages"?
"garages" is spelled G-A-R-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.ʁaʒ\.
What does "garages" mean?
As a noun, "garages" means: Pluriel de garage.
What words are commonly confused with "garages"?
"garages" is commonly confused with "gares", "graves", "gardes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garages" is \ɡa.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garages" come from?
"garages" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list