alentir
\a.lɑ̃.tiʁ\
The verdict
“alentir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plus lent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alentir · alentir · French
alentir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alentir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.lɑ̃.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alentir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alentir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.lɑ̃.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre plus lent.".
alentir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is alentir, spelled A-L-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre plus lent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit était noire, pleine d’astres, parcourue par une haleine embrasée, par un souffle pesant, chargé d’ardeurs, de fermentations, de germes vifs qui, mêlés à la brise, l’alentissaient.
Quoi qu’en disent certains auteurs, alentir n’est pas un barbarisme.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.