pinçage
\pɛ̃.saʒ\
The verdict
“pinçage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de raccourcir les sarments de la vigne, les pousses des arbres fruitiers, en les pinçant ou cassant, au lieu de les couper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pincage · pinçage · French
pinçage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinçage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pinçage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pinçage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pinçage, spelled P-I-N-Ç-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de raccourcir les sarments de la vigne, les pousses des arbres fruitiers, en les pinçant ou cassant, au lieu de les couper.
- 2Action de pincer un objet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pinçage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Signalons aussi l'intersecting de la construction Grunn qui permet de maintenir les fibres jusqu'a 17 millimètres environ du point de pinçage des cylindres étireurs.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.