repérage

\ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\

/\ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“repérage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,072. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,072
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-reperage · repérage · French

repérage · rank #22,072 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,072
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reprenait

Nearest frequency peer: reprenait (-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 « repérage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « repérage » 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).

repérage vs repère
63% similar
repérage vs repérée
75% similar
repérage vs reportage
78% similar

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

Key facts for repérage
PropertyValue
Headwordrepérage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,072
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « repérage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.repéragese 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 « reprenait » (#22,071), « repérés » (#22,073), « replacer » (#22,070). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « repérage » est au #22,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around repérage (IPA \ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,072 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for repérage, with forms such as "erpérage", "reperage", and "reppérage". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "repère", "repérée", "reportage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is repérage, spelled R-E-P-É-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de repérer.
  2. 2
    Lecture rapide d’un support enregistré destiné à localiser un passage déterminé.
  3. 3
    Visite préalable de sites pour préparer un tournage.
  4. 4
    Mise en place relative correcte des images des différentes planches, au cours des opérations de rédaction, de reproduction ou d’impression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je repris le travail. Il y a eu six voitures boches pour le repérage de postes émetteurs qui ont sauté par nos soins.
  2. Enfin, pour le repérage des noms de lieu et des réseaux de communication terrestres, les deux atlas routiers, Southeast Asia et Indonesia, publiés chez Nelles Verlag, demeurent irremplaçables.

This word in other languages

orientation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpérage
  • reperage
  • reppérage
  • repréage
  • repéarge
  • repéraeg
  • repéragge
  • repérgae
  • repérrage
  • reéprage
  • rpeérage
  • rrepérage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repérage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erpérage2reperage1reppérage1repréage2repéarge2repéraeg2repéragge1repérgae2
Edit distance from "repérage"

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 "repérage"?
"repérage" is spelled R-E-P-É-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\.
What does "repérage" mean?
As a noun, "repérage" means: Action de repérer.
What words are commonly confused with "repérage"?
"repérage" is commonly confused with "repère", "repérée", "reportage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "repérage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repérage" is \ʁə.pe.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repérage" come from?
"repérage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

replacer#22,070reparler#22,069robustes#22,076rwandais#22,081

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

propices12 variantspostulat12 variantssuivaient12 variantspayantes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list