halage
^((h aspiré))\a.laʒ\
The verdict
“halage” is uncommon French (frequency #50,877 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,877
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de haler quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-halage · halage · French
halage · rank #50,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hamburg
Nearest frequency peer: Hamburg (+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 « halage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hachoir
hachoir
49,127 corpus weight
- hacienda
hacienda
49,126 corpus weight
- halage
halage
49,124 corpus weight
- Hamburg
Hamburg
49,123 corpus weight
- harmonieuses
harmonieuses
49,122 corpus weight
- harmonium
harmonium
49,121 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « halage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | halage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « halage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
halage is uncommon French at frequency #50,877 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for halage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is halage, spelled H-A-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de haler quelque chose.
- 2Action de haler un bateau ; de le tirer à soi avec une corde, de lui imprimer un mouvement de translation à l’aide de moteurs agissant sur les bords d’un canal ou d’une rivière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how halage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si le train de bois n’était pas prêt, le sergent saurait bien arrêter le halage.
Tout prêt du halage se tient le bistrot des mariniers, il garde l’entrée du canal. Le courant jaune vient pousser sur l’écluse.
Synonyms
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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