adossement
\a.dɔs.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“adossement” is uncommon French (frequency #99,831 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,831
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est adossé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adossement · adossement · French
adossement · rank #99,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,831
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Advent
Nearest frequency peer: Advent (+2 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 « adossement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- acord
acord
176 corpus weight
- acétaminoph…
acétaminophène
174 corpus weight
- adaptatives
adaptatives
173 corpus weight
- adossement
adossement
170 corpus weight
- Advent
Advent
168 corpus weight
- ael
ael
166 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adossement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adossement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.dɔs.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adossement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adossement is uncommon French at frequency #99,831 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.dɔs.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for adossement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is adossement, spelled A-D-O-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est adossé.
- 2État ou mise en place d’un ouvrage contre un autre.
- 3Garantie à terme pour mieux certifier le remboursement du principal d’un emprunt.
- 4Activité de conseil et de suivi assurée par des consultants extérieurs pour mener à bien des projets de développement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adossement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’adossement d’une maison contre un coteau, à un coteau..
Les points particuliers à examiner sont l'adossement de constructions neuves à un immeuble classé, la constitution des servitudes légales, puis des servitudes conventionnelles.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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