admonition
\ad.mɔ.ni.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“admonition” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’admonester, avertissement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-admonition · admonition · French
admonition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | admonition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ad.mɔ.ni.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
admonition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ad.mɔ.ni.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’admonester, avertissement.".
admonition has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is admonition, spelled A-D-M-O-N-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’admonester, avertissement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how admonition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après plusieurs admonitions.
De temps à autre, la petite main s’allonge, cueille maladroitement, ou plutôt arrache, une tige ou une touffe. L’oncle un peu solennel proteste : « Songe à la plante mutilée, à ses racines laborieuses, à la sève qui découle de sa blessure… » […] Se souviendra-t-elle de l’admonition au bal, quand elle portera dans les cheveux ou au corsage ce que Victor Hu…
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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.