parrainage

\pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\

/\pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“parrainage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,220
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de parrain ou de marraine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parrainage · parrainage · French

parrainage · rank #17,220 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,220
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pardonné

Nearest frequency peer: pardonné (-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 « parrainage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parrainage » 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).

parrainage vs parrainé
70% similar
parrainage vs parrainages
91% similar

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

Key facts for parrainage
PropertyValue
Headwordparrainage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,220
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parrainage »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pardonné » (#17,219), « parvis » (#17,221), « paralympiques » (#17,218). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parrainage » est au #17,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around parrainage (IPA \pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,220 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for parrainage, with forms such as "aprrainage", "parainage", and "pararinage". 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, "parrainé", "parrainages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 parrainage, spelled P-A-R-R-A-I-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de parrain ou de marraine.
  2. 2
    Appui moral prêté par une personne d’autorité à quelque entreprise.
  3. 3
    Soutien matériel apporté à une manifestation, à une personne, à un produit ou à une organisation en vue d’en retirer un bénéfice direct.
  4. 4
    Fait, pour le client d’une entreprise, d’indiquer à celle-ci le nom d’une personne susceptible de répondre favorablement à une offre commerciale.
  5. 5
    Stratégie d’entreprise qui recourt à de telles pratiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prêter, accorder son parrainage à une œuvre.
  2. Dans le cadre des opérations de parrainage sportif, l’entreprise associe son nom ou sa marque à un sportif ou un événement sportif.

This word in other languages

patronage(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprrainage
  • parainage
  • pararinage
  • parraiange
  • parrainaeg
  • parrainagge
  • parraingae
  • parrainnage
  • parraniage
  • parrianage
  • pparrainage
  • prarainage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parrainage - 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.

aprrainage2parainage1pararinage2parraiange2parrainaeg2parrainagge1parraingae2parrainnage1
Edit distance from "parrainage"

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 "parrainage"?
"parrainage" is spelled P-A-R-R-A-I-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\.
What does "parrainage" mean?
As a noun, "parrainage" means: Qualité de parrain ou de marraine.
What words are commonly confused with "parrainage"?
"parrainage" is commonly confused with "parrainé", "parrainages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parrainage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parrainage" is \pa.ʁɛ.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parrainage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pertinents#17,226obéissance#17,209promettant#17,236protégeant#17,238

Similar misspelling depth

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

pancarte12 variantspalmiers12 variantsprostate12 variantspérennité12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list