pédalage

\pe.da.laʒ\

/\pe.da.laʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“pédalage” is uncommon French (frequency #90,075 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,075
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pedalage · pédalage · French

pédalage · rank #90,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,075
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pédopsychiatr…

Nearest frequency peer: pédopsychiatrie (+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 « pédalage »

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 « pédalage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pédalage
PropertyValue
Headwordpédalage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.da.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pédalage » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pédalagetombe 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: « pédopsychiatrie » (#90,076), « pusher » (#90,073), « préférèrent » (#90,072). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pédalage » est au #90,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pédalage is uncommon French at frequency #90,075 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.da.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de pédaler.".

pédalage has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pédalage, spelled P-É-D-A-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de pédaler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le rôle secondaire du triceps sural durant le pédalage.
  2. La fréquence de pédalage se mesure en tours par minute (tours/min).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "pédalage"?
"pédalage" is spelled P-É-D-A-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.da.laʒ\.
What does "pédalage" mean?
As a noun, "pédalage" means: Action de pédaler.
How do you pronounce "pédalage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pédalage" is \pe.da.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pédalage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list