racolage

\ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\

/\ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“racolage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,556
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-racolage · racolage · French

racolage · rank #42,556 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,556
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quiproquo

Nearest frequency peer: quiproquo (-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 « racolage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « racolage » 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 racolage
PropertyValue
Headwordracolage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,556
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « racolage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).racolagese 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 « quiproquo » (#42,555), « racontais » (#42,557), « radium » (#42,558). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « racolage » est au #42,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around racolage (IPA \ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,556 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de racoler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for racolage, with forms such as "arcolage", "raccolage", and "racloage". 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 close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is racolage, spelled R-A-C-O-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de racoler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le fait, par tout moyen, y compris par une attitude même passive, de procéder publiquement au racolage d’autrui en vue de l’inciter à des relations sexuelles en échange d’une rémunération ou d’une promesse de rémunération est puni de deux mois d’emprisonnement et de 3 750 euros d’amende.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arcolage
  • raccolage
  • racloage
  • racoalge
  • racolaeg
  • racolagge
  • racolgae
  • racollage
  • raoclage
  • rcaolage
  • rracolage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of racolage - 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.

arcolage2raccolage1racloage2racoalge2racolaeg2racolagge1racolgae2racollage1
Edit distance from "racolage"

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 "racolage"?
"racolage" is spelled R-A-C-O-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\.
What does "racolage" mean?
As a noun, "racolage" means: Action de racoler.
What are common misspellings of "racolage"?
Common misspellings include "arcolage", "raccolage", "racloage", "racoalge", "racolaeg". The correct spelling is "racolage".
How do you pronounce "racolage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "racolage" is \ʁa.kɔ.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "racolage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list