admonestation
\ad.mɔ.nɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“admonestation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’admonester, de faire une réprimande sévère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-admonestation · admonestation · French
admonestation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | admonestation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ad.mɔ.nɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
admonestation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ad.mɔ.nɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’admonester, de faire une réprimande sévère.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for admonestation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is admonestation, spelled A-D-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’admonester, de faire une réprimande sévère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how admonestation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le docteur écouta cette admonestation, avec un visage contrit mais avec un sourire narquois qui, malgré lui, glissa sur ses lèvres.
[…], et il appuyait son discours de gestes très marqués, scandant ses phrases d’énergiques mouvements de main, de haut en bas, comme on en fait pour appuyer une admonestation.
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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.