pavage

\pa.vaʒ\

/\pa.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pavage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,448
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surface pavée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pavage · pavage · French

pavage · rank #39,448 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,448
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paumés

Nearest frequency peer: paumés (-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 « pavage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pavage » 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).

pavage vs pavé
50% similar
pavage vs plage
67% similar
pavage vs péage
67% similar

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

Key facts for pavage
PropertyValue
Headwordpavage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.vaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,448
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pavage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pavagese 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 « paumés » (#39,447), « payable » (#39,449), « pattern » (#39,446). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pavage » est au #39,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pavage (IPA \pa.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,448 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pavage, with forms such as "apvage", "paavge", and "pavaeg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pavé", "plage", "péage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pavage, spelled P-A-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Surface pavée.
  2. 2
    Travail du paveur et matériaux fournis par lui.
  3. 3
    Découpage d'un espace en parties distinctes.
  4. 4
    Partition du plan par des éléments d'un ensemble fini, appelés « carreaux » (le plus souvent des polygones).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les montagnes de la côte septentrionale du canal de Cattaro est un calcaire tantôt blanc, compacte, sub-lithographique, tantôt rouge, sub-schisteux, employé pour le pavage.
  2. Dans beaucoup de contrées, où les grès sont rares, on utilise pour les pavages les cailloux roulés que l'on trouve en abondance dans le lit des fleuves ou sur les plages de la mer.

This word in other languages

tessellation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apvage
  • paavge
  • pavaeg
  • pavagge
  • pavgae
  • pavvage
  • ppavage
  • pvaage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apvage2paavge2pavaeg2pavagge1pavgae2pavvage1ppavage1pvaage2
Edit distance from "pavage"

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 "pavage"?
"pavage" is spelled P-A-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.vaʒ\.
What does "pavage" mean?
As a noun, "pavage" means: Surface pavée.
What words are commonly confused with "pavage"?
"pavage" is commonly confused with "pavé", "plage", "péage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pavage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pavage" is \pa.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pavage" come from?
"pavage" 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 "pavage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paumés#39,447poilue#39,461object#39,426nonnes#39,420

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

palazzo8 variantsrabiot8 variantsrotule8 variantslevage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list