placage

\pla.kaʒ\

/\pla.kaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“placage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,105
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-placage · placage · French

placage · rank #48,105 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,105
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piqués

Nearest frequency peer: piqués (-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 « placage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « placage » 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).

placage vs place
71% similar
placage vs plage
71% similar
placage vs placée
71% similar

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

Key facts for placage
PropertyValue
Headwordplacage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.kaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,105
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « placage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).placagese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « piqués » (#48,104), « planifiées » (#48,106), « Pierrefonds » (#48,103). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « placage » est au #48,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around placage (IPA \pla.kaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,105 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for placage, with forms such as "lpacage", "palcage", and "plaacge". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "place", "plage", "placée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is placage, spelled P-L-A-C-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de plaquer.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage de menuiserie ou d’ébénisterie, fait de bois précieux scié en feuilles minces qui sont appliquées sur d’autre bois de moindre prix.
  3. 3
    Doublage visant à renforcer un assemblage.
  4. 4
    Ouvrages de l’esprit qui semblent faits de morceaux rapportés.
  5. 5
    Action de faire tomber le porteur du ballon.
  6. 6
    Action de faire tomber l’adversaire et de le maintenir dos au sol.
  7. 7
    Action qui consiste à recouvrir un métal ordinaire d'une mince couche de métal précieux, or, platine, argent
  8. 8
    Action qui consiste à recouvrir un métal ordinaire d'une mince couche de métal précieux, or, platine, argent

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vernissage, qui dans l'ébénisterie a pour but de donner d'abord et de conserver ensuite aux placages tout le brillant dont ils sont susceptibles, s'effectue en étendant sur la surface qu'on veut vernir une couche mince d'un liquide transparent, qui, après dessiccation ou évaporation, communique à cette surface un éclat vitreux très remarquable.
  2. Dès les premiers pas dans l'entrepôt, on découvre les placages (ou feuilles) d’okoumé en provenance du Gabon, épais de quelques millimètres.

This word in other languages

veneer(English)Furnier(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpacage
  • palcage
  • plaacge
  • placaeg
  • placagge
  • placcage
  • placgae
  • plcaage
  • pllacage
  • pplacage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of placage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpacage2palcage2plaacge2placaeg2placagge1placcage1placgae2plcaage2
Edit distance from "placage"

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 "placage"?
"placage" is spelled P-L-A-C-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.kaʒ\.
What does "placage" mean?
As a noun, "placage" means: Action de plaquer.
What words are commonly confused with "placage"?
"placage" is commonly confused with "place", "plage", "placée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placage" is \pla.kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placage" come from?
"placage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

playing#48,110pendait#48,099plugins#48,111Pontivy#48,113

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

postier10 variantspressure10 variantsPyrrhus10 variantsopprimer10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list