reportage

\ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\

/\ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“reportage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,018
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de recueillir des nouvelles pour en rendre compte dans un journal ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reportage · reportage · French

reportage · rank #4,018 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,018
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rentré

Nearest frequency peer: rentré (-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 « reportage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reportage » 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).

reportage vs reporté
67% similar
reportage vs reportée
78% similar
reportage vs reportages
90% similar

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

Key facts for reportage
PropertyValue
Headwordreportage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,018
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reportage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.reportagese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rentré » (#4,017), « real » (#4,016), « rio » (#4,020). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reportage » est au #4,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around reportage (IPA \ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,018 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for reportage, with forms such as "erportage", "reoprtage", and "reporatge". 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, "reporté", "reportée", "reportages", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reportage, spelled R-E-P-O-R-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de recueillir des nouvelles pour en rendre compte dans un journal ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Diffusion de ces nouvelles dans un média.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]… quel incident de voyage… quelle matière à chronique !… Et voyez jusqu’où peut aller la surexcitation cérébrale d’un reporter en quête de reportage ; […].
  2. Jamais je n'aurais obtenu un semblable résultat en m'obstinant à croupir dans les marécages du reportage et du chroniquage à tant la ligne.

This word in other languages

report(English)Reportage(Deutsch)reportagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erportage
  • reoprtage
  • reporatge
  • reporrtage
  • reportaeg
  • reportagge
  • reportgae
  • reporttage
  • repotrage
  • repportage
  • reprotage
  • rpeortage
  • rreportage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erportage2reoprtage2reporatge2reporrtage1reportaeg2reportagge1reportgae2reporttage1
Edit distance from "reportage"

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 "reportage"?
"reportage" is spelled R-E-P-O-R-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\.
What does "reportage" mean?
As a noun, "reportage" means: Action de recueillir des nouvelles pour en rendre compte dans un journal ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "reportage"?
"reportage" is commonly confused with "reporté", "reportée", "reportages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reportage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reportage" is \ʁə.pɔʁ.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reportage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accueille#4,031affronter#4,033africaine#4,035islamique#4,000

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

libertés13 variantsfenêtres13 variantschrétien13 variantsdéplacer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list