tossage
\tɔ.saʒ\
The verdict
“tossage” 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 tosser, de heurter le quai.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tossage · tossage · French
tossage · 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 | tossage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tossage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tossage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tossage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tossage, spelled T-O-S-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de tosser, de heurter le quai.
- 2Claquement, choc mécanique d’une vague déferlante sur une structure ou un navire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tossage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] est plus difficile à limiter et peut devenir dangereux si l’avant du bateau tape dans les vagues, phénomène appelé tossage.
Résumé: […] Le projet avait comme objectif de créer une méthode pratique d’estimation des forces exercées par le tossage du devers de l’étrave et la vibration de frottement résultante d’un navire naviguant dans des vagues de la hanche sur l’étrave. Une des tâches principales du projet était d’améliorer les prédictions des forces de tossage à l’aide du Pro…
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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.