affranchissement

\a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\

/\a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“affranchissement” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,641
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’affranchir, de rendre libre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affranchissement · affranchissement · French

affranchissement · rank #37,641 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,641
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agréer

Nearest frequency peer: agréer (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « affranchissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « affranchissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for affranchissement
PropertyValue
Headwordaffranchissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#37,641
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affranchissement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).affranchissementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « agréer » (#37,642), « affoler » (#37,639), « aiguiser » (#37,643). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affranchissement » est au #37,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around affranchissement (IPA \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,641 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for affranchissement, with forms such as "affarnchissement", "affracnhissement", and "affrancchissement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is affranchissement, spelled A-F-F-R-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’affranchir, de rendre libre.
  2. 2
    Libération.
  3. 3
    Délivrance de la tyrannie, cessation d’un pouvoir oppressif.
  4. 4
    Exemption de charges, d’impôts, soit de quelque droit onéreux.
  5. 5
    Acquittement préalable des frais postaux d’une lettre, d’un paquet, etc.
  6. 6
    État d'un arbre affranchi.
  7. 7
    Information, fait de donner des renseignements.
  8. 8
    Initiation à la malhonnêteté, pour faire d’un cave un affranchi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tandis qu'elles, les libératrices du monde futur, portant l’étendard de l’affranchissement de la femme arabe de l’avenir, gravissaient avec majesté les marches.
  2. L’affranchissement de ces esclaves.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affarnchissement
  • affracnhissement
  • affrancchissement
  • affranchhissement
  • affranchisement
  • affranchisesment
  • affranchisseemnt
  • affranchissemennt
  • affranchissementt
  • affranchissemetn
  • affranchissemment
  • affranchissemnet
  • affranchissmeent
  • affranchsisement
  • affrancihssement
  • affranhcissement
  • affrannchissement
  • affrnachissement
  • affrranchissement
  • afranchissement
  • afrfanchissement
  • fafranchissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affranchissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

affarnchissement2affracnhissement2affrancchissement1affranchhissement1affranchisement1affranchisesment2affranchisseemnt2affranchissemennt1
Edit distance from "affranchissement"

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 "affranchissement"?
"affranchissement" is spelled A-F-F-R-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\.
What does "affranchissement" mean?
As a noun, "affranchissement" means: Action d’affranchir, de rendre libre.
What are common misspellings of "affranchissement"?
Common misspellings include "affarnchissement", "affracnhissement", "affrancchissement", "affranchhissement", "affranchisement". The correct spelling is "affranchissement".
How do you pronounce "affranchissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affranchissement" is \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affranchissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list