quadrillage

\ka.dʁi.jaʒ\

/\ka.dʁi.jaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“quadrillage” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,977
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposition qui figure un assemblage de losanges, généralement des carrés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quadrillage · quadrillage · French

quadrillage · rank #46,977 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,977
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH qin

Nearest frequency peer: qin (-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 « quadrillage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « quadrillage » 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
Key facts for quadrillage
PropertyValue
Headwordquadrillage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.dʁi.jaʒ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,977
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « quadrillage »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « qin » (#46,976), « quenelles » (#46,978), « rant » (#46,979). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quadrillage » est au #46,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around quadrillage (IPA \ka.dʁi.jaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,977 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for quadrillage, with forms such as "qaudrillage", "qquadrillage", and "quaddrillage". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quadrillage, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposition qui figure un assemblage de losanges, généralement des carrés.
  2. 2
    Disposition qui figure un assemblage de losanges, généralement des carrés.
  3. 3
    Division méthodique d'un territoire en secteurs géographiques afin d'agir de façon efficace en chacun de ses points.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] les salines […] se placent sous le règne des contrastes : chromatique avec le blanc lumineux des tas de sel se détachant sur le fond profond du lac, mais aussi géométrique, le quadrillage des salines s’inscrivant dans le demi-cercle du lac.
  2. Plusieurs sillons et quadrillages, longs de quelques dizaines de centimètres, sont tracés sur les parois courbes et blanches de cette minuscule cavité de grès qui semble un écrin et rend la rencontre d’autant plus émouvante.

Synonyms

carrelage

This word in other languages

square(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qaudrillage
  • qquadrillage
  • quaddrillage
  • quadirllage
  • quadrilage
  • quadrilalge
  • quadrillaeg
  • quadrillagge
  • quadrillgae
  • quadrlilage
  • quadrrillage
  • quardillage
  • qudarillage
  • uqadrillage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quadrillage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

qaudrillage2qquadrillage1quaddrillage1quadirllage2quadrilage1quadrilalge2quadrillaeg2quadrillagge1
Edit distance from "quadrillage"

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 "quadrillage"?
"quadrillage" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dʁi.jaʒ\.
What does "quadrillage" mean?
As a noun, "quadrillage" means: Disposition qui figure un assemblage de losanges, généralement des carrés.
What are common misspellings of "quadrillage"?
Common misspellings include "qaudrillage", "qquadrillage", "quaddrillage", "quadirllage", "quadrilage". The correct spelling is "quadrillage".
How do you pronounce "quadrillage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadrillage" is \ka.dʁi.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadrillage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reconvertie#46,984progressant#46,968primordiaux#46,967redeviendra#46,987

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

prudentes14 variantsremettront14 variantspostulant14 variantsreprochez14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list