affolement

\a.fɔl.mɑ̃\

/\a.fɔl.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“affolement” is uncommon French (frequency #53,109 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,109
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne affolée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affolement · affolement · French

affolement · rank #53,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,109
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affligés

Nearest frequency peer: affligés (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “affolement”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “affolement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for affolement
PropertyValue
Headwordaffolement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fɔl.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “affolement” sits in French frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).affolement lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

affolement is uncommon French at frequency #53,109 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fɔl.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État d’une personne affolée.".

affolement has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is affolement, spelled A-F-F-O-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une personne affolée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’indice Dow Jones avait baissé de 508 points dès le 19 et le 20, plus rien n'était cotable, l’affolement fut général et les cotations durent être interrompues.
  2. Se jeter à l’eau pour sauver quelqu’un, même un chien, quand on sait nager, est une bonne action, mais le faire quand on ne le sait pas est une sottise qui n’a d’excuse que l’affolement.

This word in other languages

craziness(English)enloquecimiento(Español)frenesi(Português)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "affolement"?
"affolement" is spelled A-F-F-O-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fɔl.mɑ̃\.
What does "affolement" mean?
As a noun, "affolement" means: État d’une personne affolée.
How do you pronounce "affolement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affolement" is \a.fɔl.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affolement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list