voilage

\vwa.laʒ\

/\vwa.laʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“voilage” 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 voiler, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voilage · voilage · French

voilage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for voilage
PropertyValue
Headwordvoilage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vwa.laʒ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « voilage » en français

voilagereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voilage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vwa.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

voilage has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is voilage, spelled V-O-I-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de voiler, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Garniture de voile.
  3. 3
    Grand rideau fait de voile semi-transparent.
  4. 4
    Déformation d'une roue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un voilage de brume paresse sur la campagne.
  2. Le voilage d'un chapeau.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voilage"?
"voilage" is spelled V-O-I-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vwa.laʒ\.
What does "voilage" mean?
As a noun, "voilage" means: Action de voiler, résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "voilage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voilage" is \vwa.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voilage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list