adhérences

\a.de.ʁɑ̃s\

/\a.de.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“adhérences” is uncommon French (frequency #97,625 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,625
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de adhérence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adherences · adhérences · French

adhérences · rank #97,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,625
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH addy

Nearest frequency peer: addy (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « adhérences »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adhérences » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adhérences
PropertyValue
Headwordadhérences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.de.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « adhérences » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).adhérencestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « addy » (#97,624), « admires » (#97,626), « adopt » (#97,627). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adhérences » est au #97,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adhérences is uncommon French at frequency #97,625 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.de.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de adhérence.".

adhérences doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 adhérences, spelled A-D-H-É-R-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de adhérence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La formation des adhérences est même plus certaine avec les caustiques qu’avec la sonde à demeure, surtout quand cette sonde est en gomme élastique, comme celle qu’emploie M. Boinel.

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 "adhérences"?
"adhérences" is spelled A-D-H-É-R-E-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.de.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "adhérences" mean?
As a noun, "adhérences" means: Pluriel de adhérence.
How do you pronounce "adhérences"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adhérences" is \a.de.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adhérences" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list