usager

\y.za.ʒe\

/\y.za.ʒe\/ adj

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The verdict

“usager” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,031
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’usage courant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-usager · usager · French

usager · rank #17,031 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,031
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH téléphoner

Nearest frequency peer: téléphoner (-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 « usager »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « usager » 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).

usager vs user
67% similar
usager vs usher
67% similar
usager vs usages
83% similar

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

Key facts for usager
PropertyValue
Headwordusager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.za.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,031
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « usager »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).usagerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « téléphoner » (#17,030), « utilisaient » (#17,032), « tsunami » (#17,029). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « usager » est au #17,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around usager (IPA \y.za.ʒe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,031 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’usage courant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for usager, with forms such as "suager", "uasger", and "usaegr". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "user", "usher", "usages", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is usager, spelled U-S-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’usage courant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Linge sale, torchons usagers et cahiers d’écolier jonchaient le sol, l’appartement était sens dessus dessous.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • suager
  • uasger
  • usaegr
  • usagerr
  • usagger
  • usagre
  • usgaer
  • ussager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usager - 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.

suager2uasger2usaegr2usagerr1usagger1usagre2usgaer2ussager1
Edit distance from "usager"

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 "usager"?
"usager" is spelled U-S-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \y.za.ʒe\.
What does "usager" mean?
As an adjective, "usager" means: D’usage courant.
What words are commonly confused with "usager"?
"usager" is commonly confused with "user", "usher", "usages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "usager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usager" is \y.za.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "usager" come from?
"usager" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Zidane8 variantssubies8 variantssoumet8 variantsAlonso8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list