plaquage

/\pla.kaʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,607

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

plaquage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de plaquer. Pronounced \pla.kaʒ\. Often confused with plaqué and plaquée.

Key facts for plaquage
PropertyValue
Headwordplaquage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pla.kaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,607
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plaquage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for plaquage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pla.kaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,607 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for plaquage, with forms such as "lpaquage", "palquage", and "plaqauge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "plaqué", "plaquée", "placage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is plaquage, spelled P-L-A-Q-U-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de plaquer.
  2. 2
    Application d’une mince couche régulière d’un métal généralement précieux ou d'un alliage.
  3. 3
    Résultat de cette action, la couche de métal, de bois, etc. en elle même.
  4. 4
    Action de faire tomber le porteur du ballon. Le joueur plaqué est ainsi tenu au sol.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpaquage,palquage,plaqauge,plaqquage,plaquaeg,plaquagge,plaqugae,plauqage,pllaquage,plqauage,pplaquage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plaquage

Misspelling Variants of "plaquage"

lpaquage8palquage8plaqauge8plaqquage9plaquaeg8plaquagge9plaqugae8plauqage8
Misspelling Variants of "plaquage"

Frequency rank: #43,607 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plaquage"?
"plaquage" is spelled P-L-A-Q-U-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pla.kaʒ\.
What does "plaquage" mean?
As a noun, "plaquage" means: Action de plaquer.
What words are commonly confused with "plaquage"?
"plaquage" is commonly confused with "plaqué", "plaquée", "placage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plaquage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plaquage" is \pla.kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plaquage" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.