gonflage

\ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\

/\ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gonflage” is uncommon French (frequency #80,251 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,251
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de gonfler, le résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gonflage · gonflage · French

gonflage · rank #80,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,251
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH golfeuse

Nearest frequency peer: golfeuse (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gonflage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gonflage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gonflage
PropertyValue
Headwordgonflage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gonflage » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gonflagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « golfeuse » (#80,250), « Goossens » (#80,252), « goh » (#80,249). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gonflage » est au #80,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gonflage is uncommon French at frequency #80,251 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gonflage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gonflage, spelled G-O-N-F-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de gonfler, le résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action d’agrandir les images d'une pellicule d'un film en les reportant sur une pellicule plus grande. → voir kinescopage
  3. 3
    Action de remplir une bouteille de plongée d’air comprimé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le gonflage des pneumatiques d'un véhicule doit être régulièrement vérifié.
  2. A nos débuts, nous avions accepté d’entreprendre le gonflage du canot avec la vénérable pompe à pied, sœur de l’antique soufflet en usage chez nos ancêtres pour attiser leurs feux de bois.

This word in other languages

blowing up(English)carga(Español)Aufpumpen(Deutsch)

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 "gonflage"?
"gonflage" is spelled G-O-N-F-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\.
What does "gonflage" mean?
As a noun, "gonflage" means: Action de gonfler, le résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "gonflage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gonflage" is \ɡɔ̃.flaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

golfeuse#80,250Goossens#80,252gibelins#80,247grincent#80,259

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list