parachutage

\pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\

/\pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“parachutage” is uncommon French (frequency #51,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,022
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de parachuter quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parachutage · parachutage · French

parachutage · rank #51,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,022
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parabolique

Nearest frequency peer: parabolique (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « parachutage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parachutage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parachutage
PropertyValue
Headwordparachutage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parachutage » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parachutagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « parabolique » (#51,021), « parcourues » (#51,023), « pardessus » (#51,024). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parachutage » est au #51,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parachutage is uncommon French at frequency #51,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for parachutage, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is parachutage, spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de parachuter quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Lancer d’un objet par-dessus la clôture d’une prison, à destination d’un détenu.
  3. 3
    Arrivée dans une circonscription d’une personne n’ayant aucune attache avec celle-ci.
  4. 4
    Au shōgi ou dans certaines variantes du jeu d’échecs, coup par lequel un joueur replace sur le tablier une pièce précédemment prise à l’adversaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur les 106 Junkers et Blohm-Voss transporteurs qui avaient pris l’air dans la nuit du 16 décembre, 35 seulement avaient atteint la zone de parachutage prévue entre Eupen et Malmédy.
  2. Pour le Parti, exclu des parachutages anglo-américains destinés à la seule Résistance gaulliste, il n’y avait qu’un moyen de se procurer des armes : les prendre sur l’ennemi.

Synonyms

dropagedroppagelargageprojection

This word in other languages

parachuting(English)

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 "parachutage"?
"parachutage" is spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\.
What does "parachutage" mean?
As a noun, "parachutage" means: Action de parachuter quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "parachutage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parachutage" is \pa.ʁa.ʃy.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parabolique#51,021ostéoporose#51,015pensionnats#51,032portabilité#51,055

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list