ratage
French, noun/ʁa.taʒ/
ratage is spelled R-A-T-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratage is a French masculine noun meaning “failure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de rater quelque chose”.
What does ratage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefailure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de rater quelque chose. 2. Situation résultant du fait que quelque chose a été raté.
noun: 1. Ensemble des rats se trouvant à bord d'un bateau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ratage
- ratages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratage?
- /ʁa.taʒ/
- \ʁa.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ratage in French?
ratage appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).