lynchage

Name: lynchage, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\

/\lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“lynchage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,115
frequency rank, French: 2,567
“L” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de lyncher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lynchage · lynchage · French

lynchage · rank #27,115 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,115
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 2,567
PHOTO-FINISH luxueuse

Nearest frequency peer: luxueuse (-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.

lipides

72,890
lisibilité

72,889
luxueuse

72,887
lynchage

72,886
légaliser

72,885
mallet

72,882

What this shows « lynchage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for lynchage
Property	Value
Headword	lynchage
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#27,115
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lynchage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lynchagese place ici:

#27,115

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « luxueuse » (#27,114), « légaliser » (#27,116), « lisibilité » (#27,112). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lynchage » est au #27,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around lynchage (IPA \lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,115 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for lynchage, with forms such as "llynchage", "lnychage", and "lycnhage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lynchage, spelled L-Y-N-C-H-A-G-E.

Definition

1
Action de lyncher.
2
Résultat de cette action.
3
Le fait d’exercer, en réunion, de graves violences verbales ou écrites à l’encontre d’une personne dont on ne partage pas les idées ou considérée comme un bouc émissaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Après avoir essayé sans succès pendant un siècle, le Sénat des Etats-Unis a adopté mercredi 19 décembre, à l’unanimité, une proposition de loi faisant du lynchage – ces exécutions sommaires devenues le symbole du passé raciste des Etats-Unis – un crime fédéral.
C'est un merveilleux organisateur de mouvements de masses, de guerres, de lynchages, de persécutions, habile dialecticien, père de toutes les formations idéologiques, grand inquisiteur et amateur de guerres saintes...

Synonyms

bashing

This word in other languages

lynching(English)Lynchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

llynchage
lnychage
lycnhage
lyncahge
lyncchage
lynchaeg
lynchagge
lynchgae
lynchhage
lynhcage
lynnchage
lyynchage
ylnchage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lynchage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "lynchage"

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 "lynchage"?

"lynchage" is spelled L-Y-N-C-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\.

What does "lynchage" mean?

As a noun, "lynchage" means: Action de lyncher.

What are common misspellings of "lynchage"?

Common misspellings include "llynchage", "lnychage", "lycnhage", "lyncahge", "lyncchage". The correct spelling is "lynchage".

How do you pronounce "lynchage"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lynchage" is \lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "lynchage" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

luxueuse#27,114 mallette#27,120 jacobins#27,104 mendiant#27,127

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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