tordage
\tɔʁ.daʒ\
The verdict
“tordage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de tordre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tordage · tordage · French
tordage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tordage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔʁ.daʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tordage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tordage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔʁ.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tordage, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tordage, spelled T-O-R-D-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de tordre.
- 2Façon qu’on donne à la soie, en doublant les fils sur les moulinets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tordage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tordage de bras Maintenant que le gouvernement Legault décide de saisir les 500 $ de crédit d’impôt anti-inflation destinés à des contribuables pour se rembourser, c’est à mes yeux une opération de tordage de bras.
Un tordage de bras.
Synonyms
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.