louvoyage
\lu.vwa.jaʒ\
The verdict
“louvoyage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de louvoyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-louvoyage · louvoyage · French
louvoyage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | louvoyage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lu.vwa.jaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « louvoyage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
louvoyage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lu.vwa.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de louvoyer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for louvoyage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is louvoyage, spelled L-O-U-V-O-Y-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de louvoyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how louvoyage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a du louvoyage dans cet endroit, on peut y louvoyer.
Bon gré mal gré, de louvoyage en louvoyage, tirant inlassablement des bords sur des dizaines de kilomètres nous ne gagnons même pas cent mètres sur le Horn que nous devons doubler.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.