tissage

\ti.saʒ\

/\ti.saʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“tissage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,578
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tissage · tissage · French

tissage · rank #17,578 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,578
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH thrones

Nearest frequency peer: thrones (-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 « tissage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tissage » 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).

tissage vs tisse
71% similar
tissage vs tissée
71% similar
tissage vs titrage
71% similar

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

Key facts for tissage
PropertyValue
Headwordtissage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.saʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,578
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tissage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tissagese 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 « thrones » (#17,577), « tou » (#17,579), « Thiers » (#17,576). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tissage » est au #17,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tissage (IPA \ti.saʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,578 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tissage, with forms such as "itssage", "tisage", and "tisasge". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tisse", "tissée", "titrage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 tissage, spelled T-I-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de tisser.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage de celui qui tisse.
  3. 3
    Usine où l’on tisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Néanmoins, tant que l’industrie du tissage à la main fut prospère dans ces campagnes, c’est-à-dire jusqu’à 1872, le chômage agricole de l’hiver fut allégrement supporté.
  2. Il sourit en apprenant que nous venons de Roanne. Roanne est justement la ville concurrente de Thann pour les tissages et les impressions d’étoffe. Roanne a fait baisser ici les salaires ; mais il ne nous en veut pas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itssage
  • tisage
  • tisasge
  • tissaeg
  • tissagge
  • tissgae
  • tsisage
  • ttissage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tissage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

itssage2tisage1tisasge2tissaeg2tissagge1tissgae2tsisage2ttissage1
Edit distance from "tissage"

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 "tissage"?
"tissage" is spelled T-I-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.saʒ\.
What does "tissage" mean?
As a noun, "tissage" means: Action de tisser.
What words are commonly confused with "tissage"?
"tissage" is commonly confused with "tisse", "tissée", "titrage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tissage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tissage" is \ti.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tissage" come from?
"tissage" 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 "tissage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list