remplissage
\ʁɑ̃.pli.saʒ\
The verdict
“remplissage” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,723 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,723
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de remplir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remplissage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.pli.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remplissage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for remplissage is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.pli.saʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,723 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for remplissage, with forms such as "ermplissage", "remlpissage", and "remmplissage". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "remplisse", "remplissant", "remplissait", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is remplissage, spelled R-E-M-P-L-I-S-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de remplir.
- 2Ouvrage que fait une ouvrière en fil (nommée remplisseuse), en remplissant du point, de la dentelle.
- 3Tout ce qu’on met d’inutile pour en augmenter le développement ou, au théâtre, pour gagner du temps, au sujet d'ouvrages de l’esprit.
- 4Opération qui consiste à insérer des nucléotides dans une région simple brin d’un ADN pour la rendre entièrement double brin.
- 5Accumulation de matériaux divers dans les sites archéologiques, contenant ou non des vestiges archéologiques, et dont l’analyse des couches permet de découvrir l’histoire du site.
- 6Modelage inverse de l’abattage, consistant à combler l’espace existant entre les arêtes des gradins.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ermplissage,remlpissage,remmplissage,rempilssage,remplisage,remplisasge,remplissaeg,remplissagge,remplissgae,rempllissage,remplsisage,rempplissage,repmlissage,rmeplissage,rremplissage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remplissage - 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.
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.
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Using “remplissage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-M-P-L-I-S-S-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃.pli.saʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “remplisse” - see the side-by-side comparison. remplissage vs remplisse
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.