rallonge

\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\

/\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rallonge” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,389
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui sert à rallonger une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rallonge · rallonge · French

rallonge · rank #22,389 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,389
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Qs

Nearest frequency peer: Qs (-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 « rallonge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rallonge » 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).

rallonge vs rallonger
89% similar

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

Key facts for rallonge
PropertyValue
Headwordrallonge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,389
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rallonge »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Qs » (#22,388), « recherchées » (#22,390), « qd » (#22,387). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rallonge » est au #22,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rallonge (IPA \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,389 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rallonge, with forms such as "arllonge", "rallnoge", and "rallogne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rallonger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rallonge, spelled R-A-L-L-O-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui sert à rallonger une chose.
  2. 2
    Lors d’une émission ou d'une offre publique de vente, disposition contractuelle qui permet à un émetteur ou à un vendeur d’allouer un supplément d'émission à une catégorie d'investisseurs dans un délai donné après l’opération.
  3. 3
    Fil électrique muni d’une prise mâle à un bout et femelle à l'autre, parfois couplé à une prise multiple, et qui sert à relier au courant un appareil éloigné d’une prise électrique.
  4. 4
    Éléments d’un nom de famille, surtout quand ils sont nombreux et accompagnés de particules.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mettre une rallonge à une table.
  2. Le fil électrique est trop court, j'ai besoin d'une rallonge.

Synonyms

allongeprolongateur

This word in other languages

extension(English)tablero(Español)Platte(Deutsch)aba(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arllonge
  • rallnoge
  • rallogne
  • ralloneg
  • rallongge
  • rallonnge
  • ralolnge
  • ralonge
  • rlalonge
  • rrallonge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rallonge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arllonge2rallnoge2rallogne2ralloneg2rallongge1rallonnge1ralolnge2ralonge1
Edit distance from "rallonge"

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 "rallonge"?
"rallonge" is spelled R-A-L-L-O-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\.
What does "rallonge" mean?
As a noun, "rallonge" means: Ce qui sert à rallonger une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "rallonge"?
"rallonge" is commonly confused with "rallonger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rallonge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rallonge" is \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rallonge" come from?
"rallonge" 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 "rallonge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list