métissage

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

\me.ti.saʒ\

/\me.ti.saʒ\/ noun

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

The verdict

“métissage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,290
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Croisement d’une race avec une autre pour améliorer celle qui a moins de valeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-metissage · métissage · French

métissage · rank #23,290 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,290
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH méthodique

Nearest frequency peer: méthodique (-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.

méfiant

76,713
méthodique

76,712
métissage

76,711
Napoli

76,710
Natacha

76,709
natural

76,708

What this shows « métissage » 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).

métissage vs métisse

78% similar

métissage vs message

67% similar

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

Key facts for métissage
Property	Value
Headword	métissage
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\me.ti.saʒ\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#23,290
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « métissage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.métissagese place ici:

#23,290

#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 « méthodique » (#23,289), « Napoli » (#23,291), « méfiant » (#23,288). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « métissage » est au #23,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around métissage (IPA \me.ti.saʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,290 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for métissage, with forms such as "metissage", "mmétissage", and "mtéissage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "métisse", "message", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is métissage, spelled M-É-T-I-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

1
Croisement d’une race avec une autre pour améliorer celle qui a moins de valeur.
2
Croisement d’une race avec une autre pour améliorer celle qui a moins de valeur.
3
Croisement d’une race avec une autre pour améliorer celle qui a moins de valeur.
4
Croisement entre humains appartenant à des ethnies différentes.
5
Croisement, mélange de cultures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Le métissage se pratique avec succès sur l’espèce ovine.
À mesure que le métissage continue, la nouvelle race s'améliore.

This word in other languages

crossing(English)mestizaje(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

metissage
mmétissage
mtéissage
méitssage
métisage
métisasge
métissaeg
métissagge
métissgae
métsisage
méttissage
émtissage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "métissage"

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 "métissage"?

"métissage" is spelled M-É-T-I-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ti.saʒ\.

What does "métissage" mean?

As a noun, "métissage" means: Croisement d’une race avec une autre pour améliorer celle qui a moins de valeur.

What words are commonly confused with "métissage"?

"métissage" is commonly confused with "métisse", "message". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "métissage"?

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

What language does "métissage" come from?

"métissage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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