voie de garage
\vwa də ɡa.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“voie de garage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voie qui permet de se garer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-voie-de-garage · voie de garage · French
voie de garage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | voie de garage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vwa də ɡa.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
voie de garage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vwa də ɡa.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
voie de garage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is voie de garage, spelled V-O-I-E- -D-E- -G-A-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Voie qui permet de se garer.
- 2Impasse ; voie sans issue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how voie de garage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La sortie du train de la voie de garage, vers la voie principale a lieu par accès direct.
Cela m’a donné envie et j’ai décidé, après ma licence d’histoire, de m’inscrire en fac d’arts du spectacle à Metz, avec l’idée de devenir scénariste. Comme voie de garage, c’est à peu près ce que l’on fait de mieux, mais je l’ignorais totalement…
This word in other languages
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.