lestage
\lɛs.taʒ\
The verdict
“lestage” is uncommon French (frequency #98,182 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,182
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de lester, d’ajouter du lest.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lestage · lestage · French
lestage · rank #98,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,182
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lesparre
Nearest frequency peer: Lesparre (-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 « lestage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leena
Leena
1,824 corpus weight
- lesbianisme
lesbianisme
1,821 corpus weight
- Lesparre
Lesparre
1,820 corpus weight
- lestage
lestage
1,819 corpus weight
- lettrines
lettrines
1,817 corpus weight
- lexicologie
lexicologie
1,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lestage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lestage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛs.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lestage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lestage is uncommon French at frequency #98,182 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛs.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for lestage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lestage, spelled L-E-S-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de lester, d’ajouter du lest.
- 2En plongée sous-marine, fait de lester sa combinaison afin de contrebalancer la flottabilité naturelle du corps humain, généralement à l’aide de blocs de plomb fixés à la ceinture ou au baudrier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lestage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On exporte une assez grande quantité de céréales et de boissons et une masse énorme de galets qui servent au lestage des bateaux charbonniers et constituent pour eux un très bon fret de retour.
Des essais seront réalisés pour atteindre le lestage optimal qui permet de descendre à la profondeur voulue, mais maintient le nageur en flottabilité positive dans les derniers mètres de la remontée.
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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