ajustement

/\a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,101

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ajustement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’ajuster, de s’ajuster. Pronounced \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. Often confused with amusement and ajustements.

Key facts for ajustement
PropertyValue
Headwordajustement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,101
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ajustement in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ajustement is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,101 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for ajustement, with forms such as "ajjustement", "ajsutement", and "ajusetment". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "amusement", "ajustements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ajustement, spelled A-J-U-S-T-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’ajuster, de s’ajuster.
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Forme abrégée de ajustement automatique d’intonation.
  4. 4
    Ajustage : réglage, modification d’un instrument de mesure, d’un circuit électronique, etc., pour correspondre aux spécifications (ou résultat de cette opération).
  5. 5
    Relation entre les cotes de deux pièces mécaniques d’un assemblage fonctionnel, par exemple un arbre dans un alésage.
  6. 6
    Tempérament, accommodement.
  7. 7
    Habillement, parure.
  8. 8
    Modification ponctuelle des paramètres d’une IA afin de répondre à une tâche spécifique ; réglage fin

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajjustement,ajsutement,ajusetment,ajusstement,ajusteemnt,ajustemennt,ajustementt,ajustemetn,ajustemment,ajustemnet,ajustmeent,ajusttement,ajutsement,aujstement,jaustement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ajustement

Misspelling Variants of "ajustement"

ajjustement11ajsutement10ajusetment10ajusstement11ajusteemnt10ajustemennt11ajustementt11ajustemetn10
Misspelling Variants of "ajustement"

Frequency rank: #13,101 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ajustement"?
"ajustement" is spelled A-J-U-S-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\.
What does "ajustement" mean?
As a noun, "ajustement" means: Action d’ajuster, de s’ajuster.
What words are commonly confused with "ajustement"?
"ajustement" is commonly confused with "amusement", "ajustements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ajustement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajustement" is \a.ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajustement" come from?
"ajustement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.