langage

\lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\

/\lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“langage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,320
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emploi que l’être humain fait des sons et des articulations de la voix pour exprimer ses pensées et ses sentiments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-langage · langage · French

langage · rank #2,320 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,320
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laissez

Nearest frequency peer: laissez (-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 « langage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « langage » 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).

langage vs langue
71% similar
langage vs lavage
71% similar
langage vs largage
86% similar

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

Key facts for langage
PropertyValue
Headwordlangage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,320
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « langage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.langagese 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 « laissez » (#2,319), « Lille » (#2,321), « fans » (#2,318). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « langage » est au #2,320. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around langage (IPA \lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,320 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for langage, with forms such as "alngage", "lagnage", and "lanagge". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "langue", "lavage", "largage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is langage, spelled L-A-N-G-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Emploi que l’être humain fait des sons et des articulations de la voix pour exprimer ses pensées et ses sentiments.
  2. 2
    Manière de s’exprimer, soit par rapport aux mots qu’on emploie, soit par rapport au sens.
  3. 3
    Faculté de mettre en œuvre un système de signes linguistiques, qui constituent la langue, permettant la communication et l’expression de la pensée.
  4. 4
    Cris, chant, etc., dont les animaux se servent pour se faire entendre.
  5. 5
    Toutes formes de communications entre organismes.
  6. 6
    Tout ce qui sert à exprimer des idées et des sensations.
  7. 7
    Langage de programmation.
  8. 8
    Ensemble d’unités graphiques et d’idées particulier à un mouvement artistique, ou utilisés par un artiste pour créer une œuvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous les états de la sensibilité sont moteurs. Le langage lui-même en contient la preuve. Il les appelle des émotions.
  2. Chaque époque a sa tendance tyrannique qui cherche à réduire le langage, à le canaliser, à l’enrôler, à le surveiller.

Synonyms

languagelangueparleridiome

This word in other languages

language(English)lenguaje(Español)Sprache(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alngage
  • lagnage
  • lanagge
  • langaeg
  • langagge
  • langgae
  • langgage
  • lanngage
  • llangage
  • lnagage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alngage2lagnage2lanagge2langaeg2langagge1langgae2langgage1lanngage1
Edit distance from "langage"

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 "langage"?
"langage" is spelled L-A-N-G-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\.
What does "langage" mean?
As a noun, "langage" means: Emploi que l’être humain fait des sons et des articulations de la voix pour exprimer ses pensées et ses sentiments.
What words are commonly confused with "langage"?
"langage" is commonly confused with "langue", "lavage", "largage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "langage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "langage" is \lɑ̃.ɡaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "langage" come from?
"langage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

laissez#2,319plateau#2,328pouvant#2,329chances#2,310

Similar misspelling depth

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

rythme10 variantstraiter10 variantslimites10 variantsdispose10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list