accouchement

\a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\

/\a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“accouchement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,107
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’accoucher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accouchement · accouchement · French

accouchement · rank #9,107 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,107
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrite

Nearest frequency peer: abrite (-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 « accouchement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « accouchement » 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).

accouchement vs accouplement
83% similar
accouchement vs accoutrement
83% similar
accouchement vs accouchements
92% similar

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

Key facts for accouchement
PropertyValue
Headwordaccouchement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,107
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accouchement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).accouchementse 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 « abrite » (#9,106), « admiration » (#9,109), « aigle » (#9,110). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accouchement » est au #9,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around accouchement (IPA \a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,107 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for accouchement, with forms such as "accocuhement", "accoucchement", and "accoucehment". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "accouplement", "accoutrement", "accouchements", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is accouchement, spelled A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’accoucher.
  2. 2
    Action d’aider une femme à accoucher.
  3. 3
    Acte par lequel une femme se délivre ou bien et délivrée du produit de la conception, c'est-à-dire le fœtus et les annexes, pendant une époque où le fœtus est viable.
  4. 4
    Mise en place, réalisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la mythologie hawaïenne, Haumea est la déesse de l’accouchement et de la fertilité. Avant la création de la Terre, Haumea vivait dans un verger sur les arbres duquel poussaient tous les animaux et les plantes, […].
  2. Accouchement difficile, laborieux.

Synonyms

enfantement

This word in other languages

delivery(English)parto(Español)Entbindung(Deutsch)parto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accocuhement
  • accoucchement
  • accoucehment
  • accoucheemnt
  • accouchemennt
  • accouchementt
  • accouchemetn
  • accouchemment
  • accouchemnet
  • accouchhement
  • accouchmeent
  • accouhcement
  • accuochement
  • acocuchement
  • acouchement
  • cacouchement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accouchement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accocuhement2accoucchement1accoucehment2accoucheemnt2accouchemennt1accouchementt1accouchemetn2accouchemment1
Edit distance from "accouchement"

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 "accouchement"?
"accouchement" is spelled A-C-C-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\.
What does "accouchement" mean?
As a noun, "accouchement" means: Action d’accoucher.
What words are commonly confused with "accouchement"?
"accouchement" is commonly confused with "accouplement", "accoutrement", "accouchements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "accouchement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accouchement" is \a.kuʃ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accouchement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sensiblement#9,075démissionner#9,156mathématique#9,038intervenants#9,181

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

archéologie16 variantssupériorité16 variantscomportent16 variantsconformité16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list