vitrage

\vi.tʁaʒ\

/\vi.tʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“vitrage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,595
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des vitres d’un bâtiment, d’un édifice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vitrage · vitrage · French

vitrage · rank #39,595 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,595
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vexin

Nearest frequency peer: Vexin (-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 « vitrage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vitrage » 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).

vitrage vs vitre
71% similar
vitrage vs vitrée
71% similar
vitrage vs vitrine
71% similar

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

Key facts for vitrage
PropertyValue
Headwordvitrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vi.tʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,595
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vitrage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vitragese 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 « Vexin » (#39,594), « Walters » (#39,597), « Vendéen » (#39,592). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vitrage » est au #39,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vitrage (IPA \vi.tʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,595 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vitrage, with forms such as "ivtrage", "virtage", and "vitarge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "vitre", "vitrée", "vitrine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vitrage, spelled V-I-T-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des vitres d’un bâtiment, d’un édifice.
  2. 2
    Châssis de verre qui sert de cloison, de devanture, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vitrage de cette maison coûte très cher.
  2. Le vitrage de cette église est d’un grand entretien.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivtrage
  • virtage
  • vitarge
  • vitraeg
  • vitragge
  • vitrgae
  • vitrrage
  • vittrage
  • vtirage
  • vvitrage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vitrage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ivtrage2virtage2vitarge2vitraeg2vitragge1vitrgae2vitrrage1vittrage1
Edit distance from "vitrage"

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 "vitrage"?
"vitrage" is spelled V-I-T-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.tʁaʒ\.
What does "vitrage" mean?
As a noun, "vitrage" means: Ensemble des vitres d’un bâtiment, d’un édifice.
What words are commonly confused with "vitrage"?
"vitrage" is commonly confused with "vitre", "vitrée", "vitrine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vitrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vitrage" is \vi.tʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vitrage" come from?
"vitrage" 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 "vitrage", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list