modelage

\mɔd.laʒ\

/\mɔd.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“modelage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,901
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-modelage · modelage · French

modelage · rank #41,901 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,901
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mobil

Nearest frequency peer: mobil (-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 « modelage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « modelage » 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).

modelage vs modèle
63% similar
modelage vs moulage
75% similar

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

Key facts for modelage
PropertyValue
Headwordmodelage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔd.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,901
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modelage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).modelagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mobil » (#41,900), « moitiés » (#41,902), « Monday » (#41,903). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « modelage » est au #41,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around modelage (IPA \mɔd.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,901 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for modelage, with forms such as "mdoelage", "mmodelage", and "moddelage". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "modèle", "moulage", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is modelage, spelled M-O-D-E-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de modeler
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Un type de massage.
  4. 4
    Mise en conformité.
  5. 5
    Campagne d’artillerie.
  6. 6
    Technique d’enseignement des savoir-faire consistant, pour l’enseignant ou l’enseignante, à effectuer une action tout en commentant à voix haute sa démarche, les problèmes qu’il ou elle rencontre, les questions qui se posent. De manière plus générale, méthode consistant à apprendre en regardant quelqu’un faire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maintenant, je vois bien qu’on nous avait accouplés parce que nous étions les deux étudiants étrangers, présents pour une année seulement, titulaires d’une bourse d’échange et que nous n’avions aucune chance, ni possibilité, de nous intégrer au système social que fabrique la vie d’université. Nous ne faisions pas partie du plan de modelage du citoyen amér…
  2. Cette campagne d’artillerie, appelée « modelage » en langage militaire, est un préalable à toute offensive d’envergure. Son objectif premier est d’affaiblir l’ennemi, en détruisant ses dispositifs de soutien ou en l’obligeant à les reculer loin du front. Le « modelage » a aussi une fonction cognitive, car il perturbe l’état-major ennemi. — (Vos questions…

This word in other languages

modeling(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdoelage
  • mmodelage
  • moddelage
  • modealge
  • modelaeg
  • modelagge
  • modelgae
  • modellage
  • modleage
  • moedlage
  • omdelage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modelage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mdoelage2mmodelage1moddelage1modealge2modelaeg2modelagge1modelgae2modellage1
Edit distance from "modelage"

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 "modelage"?
"modelage" is spelled M-O-D-E-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔd.laʒ\.
What does "modelage" mean?
As a noun, "modelage" means: Action de modeler
What words are commonly confused with "modelage"?
"modelage" is commonly confused with "modèle", "moulage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "modelage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modelage" is \mɔd.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modelage" come from?
"modelage" 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 "modelage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

morosité#41,906lutteurs#41,879nettoyez#41,923nourries#41,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

nettoient11 variantsluxueuses11 variantslibellule11 variantsopposable11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list