pesage

\pə.zaʒ\

/\pə.zaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pesage” is uncommon French (frequency #64,682 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,682
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pesage · pesage · French

pesage · rank #64,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,682
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH persuasive

Nearest frequency peer: persuasive (-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 « pesage »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pesage
PropertyValue
Headwordpesage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pə.zaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pesage » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pesagetombe 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: « persuasive » (#64,681), « pester » (#64,683), « pharmacologique » (#64,684). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pesage » est au #64,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pesage is uncommon French at frequency #64,682 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.zaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

pesage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pesage, spelled P-E-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de peser.
  2. 2
    Action de peser les jockeys et leur selle avant la course, pour vérifier que le poids minimal réglementaire est atteint.
  3. 3
    Enceinte dans laquelle se déroule cette action.
  4. 4
    Lieu où on peut voir les concurrents de près, dans un vélodrome ou un autodrome.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’enceinte du pesage : Enceinte ouverte au public (ou à une partie sélectionnée du public) où les turfistes peuvent voir les chevaux de près.
  2. Parfait, nous irions donc déjeuner au pesage et nous passerions l’après-midi à encourager la race chevaline.

Synonyms

peséepèsement

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

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

Same letter count

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

pester#64,683pietra#64,689poetry#64,695otarie#64,665

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list