jumelage

\ʒym.laʒ\

/\ʒym.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jumelage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,457
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jumeler, d’associer deux choses identiques ou complémentaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jumelage · jumelage · French

jumelage · rank #32,457 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,457
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jettes

Nearest frequency peer: jettes (-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 « jumelage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jumelage » 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).

jumelage vs jumelé
63% similar
jumelage vs jumelle
75% similar
jumelage vs jumelée
75% similar

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

Key facts for jumelage
PropertyValue
Headwordjumelage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒym.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,457
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jumelage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jumelagese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jettes » (#32,456), « Jenifer » (#32,455), « laborieuse » (#32,459). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jumelage » est au #32,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around jumelage (IPA \ʒym.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,457 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jumelage, with forms such as "jjumelage", "jmuelage", and "juemlage". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jumelé", "jumelle", "jumelée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jumelage, spelled J-U-M-E-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de jumeler, d’associer deux choses identiques ou complémentaires.
  2. 2
    Action de jumeler, d’associer deux choses identiques ou complémentaires.
  3. 3
    Action de jumeler, d’associer deux choses identiques ou complémentaires.
  4. 4
    Relation établie entre deux villes de pays différents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jumelage des roues de ce camion est défectueux.
  2. Bienvenue sur le site du comité de jumelage de Villeneuve-sur-Lot, en Lot-et-Garonne, et de Bouaké, en Côte d'Ivoire.

Antonyms

déjumelage

This word in other languages

twinning(English)Städtepartnerschaft(Deutsch)geminar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjumelage
  • jmuelage
  • juemlage
  • jumealge
  • jumelaeg
  • jumelagge
  • jumelgae
  • jumellage
  • jumleage
  • jummelage
  • ujmelage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jumelage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jjumelage1jmuelage2juemlage2jumealge2jumelaeg2jumelagge1jumelgae2jumellage1
Edit distance from "jumelage"

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 "jumelage"?
"jumelage" is spelled J-U-M-E-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒym.laʒ\.
What does "jumelage" mean?
As a noun, "jumelage" means: Action de jumeler, d’associer deux choses identiques ou complémentaires.
What words are commonly confused with "jumelage"?
"jumelage" is commonly confused with "jumelé", "jumelle", "jumelée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jumelage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jumelage" is \ʒym.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jumelage" come from?
"jumelage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

invoquée#32,451Lemaître#32,463infinity#32,446lombards#32,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

lesdits11 variantslignées11 variantsingrats11 variantshussards11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list