rate-volage
\ʁat.vɔ.laʒ\
The verdict
“rate-volage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chauve-souris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rate-volage · rate-volage · French
rate-volage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rate-volage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁat.vɔ.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rate-volage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁat.vɔ.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chauve-souris.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rate-volage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rate-volage, spelled R-A-T-E---V-O-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Chauve-souris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rate-volage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un peu plus tard encore, une délicate chauve-souris, très petite, me frôle les cheveux. C’est l’instant où Annie frissonne, rentre et allume la lampe. Je reste encore un peu pour suivre les cercles brisés de la « rate-volage » qui crisse en volant, comme un ongle sur une vitre…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.