pairage
French, noun\pɛ.ʁaʒ\
pairage is spelled P-A-I-R-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pairage is a French masculine noun meaning “pairing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de relier deux choses, résultat de cette action”.
What does pairage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepairing
- 2
masculineline pairing (an error in displaying interlaced video resulting from superimposing lines from the odd and even fields)
- 3
masculineobsoletepeerage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de relier deux choses, résultat de cette action. 2. Dans la fabrication des tissus, fils parallèles groupés par deux. 3. Sur un écran, défaut de l'image dû à un entrelacement défectueux des lignes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pairage
- pairages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pairage?
- \pɛ.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pairage in French?
pairage appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).