language
\ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪd͡ʒ\
The verdict
“language” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,424
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-language · language · French
language · rank #15,424 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,424
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH langages
Nearest frequency peer: langages (-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 « language »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- kayak
kayak
84,581 corpus weight
- lana
lana
84,580 corpus weight
- lanceurs
lanceurs
84,579 corpus weight
- langages
langages
84,578 corpus weight
- language
language
84,577 corpus weight
- lenteur
lenteur
84,575 corpus weight
What this shows « language » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | language |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪd͡ʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « language »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around language (IPA \ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪd͡ʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,424 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for language, with forms such as "alnguage", "lagnuage", and "langauge". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "langue", "largage", "languages", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is language, spelled L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Langue.
- 2Langage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how language appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some of what I experienced during that time has helped elucidate for me much of what I feel concerning the transformation of silence into language and action.
In this C code snippet, a program coded in the C language embeds the Python interpreter by linking in its libraries and passes it a Python assignment statement string to run.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alnguage
- lagnuage
- langauge
- langguage
- languaeg
- languagge
- langugae
- lannguage
- lanugage
- llanguage
- lnaguage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of language - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "language", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).