agissement

\a.ʒis.mɑ̃\

/\a.ʒis.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“agissement” is uncommon French (frequency #75,389 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,389
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière de faire, action, acte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-agissement · agissement · French

agissement · rank #75,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,389
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Agassi

Nearest frequency peer: Agassi (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « agissement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « agissement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agissement
PropertyValue
Headwordagissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒis.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « agissement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).agissementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Agassi » (#75,388), « agrocarburants » (#75,390), « affleurent » (#75,387). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agissement » est au #75,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agissement is uncommon French at frequency #75,389 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

agissement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is agissement, spelled A-G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de faire, action, acte.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de manœuvres plus ou moins blâmables pour arriver à un but.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Attendu que l’administration de l’enregistrement, n’étant pas placée en dehors du droit commun, en ce qui concerne la preuve des agissements frauduleux commis à son préjudice, est autorisée à vérifier la nature des contraventions constatées, etc..
  2. Il fut démontré qu'il avait touché pour ne rien dire des agissements d'une banque, laquelle, […], saignait cruellement le troupeau des épargnants cupides et malfaisants.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agissement"?
"agissement" is spelled A-G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒis.mɑ̃\.
What does "agissement" mean?
As a noun, "agissement" means: Manière de faire, action, acte.
How do you pronounce "agissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agissement" is \a.ʒis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list