levage

\lə.vaʒ\

/\lə.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“levage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,376
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de lever ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-levage · levage · French

levage · rank #39,376 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,376
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH letters

Nearest frequency peer: letters (-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 « levage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « levage » 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).

levage vs leve
67% similar
levage vs lèvre
50% similar
levage vs levant
67% similar

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

Key facts for levage
PropertyValue
Headwordlevage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lə.vaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,376
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « levage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).levagese 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 « letters » (#39,375), « Lessard » (#39,374), « lift » (#39,378). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « levage » est au #39,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around levage (IPA \lə.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,376 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for levage, with forms such as "elvage", "leavge", and "levaeg". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "leve", "lèvre", "levant", and more, 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is levage, spelled L-E-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de lever ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action du levain, de la levure, sur la pâte.
  3. 3
    Manière propre à la région du Médoc d'attacher les vignes.
  4. 4
    Une des opérations spécifiques de la fabrication de la dentelle d'Alençon.
  5. 5
    Mise en place d'une charpente.
  6. 6
    Lors de la cuisson du savon, mousse qui surnage et s'élève sur le dessus du récipient.
  7. 7
    Tentative de séduction, drague.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était un catalogue très complet, avec des sous-parties sur l’air comprimé, le soudage, les échafaudages, le levage et des tas de rubriques prometteuses de cette sorte.
  2. Le levage de la pâte.

This word in other languages

hoisting(English)levantamiento(Español)Hub(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elvage
  • leavge
  • levaeg
  • levagge
  • levgae
  • levvage
  • llevage
  • lveage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elvage2leavge2levaeg2levagge1levgae2levvage1llevage1lveage2
Edit distance from "levage"

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 "levage"?
"levage" is spelled L-E-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.vaʒ\.
What does "levage" mean?
As a noun, "levage" means: Action de lever ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "levage"?
"levage" is commonly confused with "leve", "lèvre", "levant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "levage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "levage" is \lə.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "levage" come from?
"levage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

largue#39,372loueur#39,382Kylian#39,365nonnes#39,420

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

letters8 variantspalazzo8 variantsfonts8 variantspavage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list