allongement

/\a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,645

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

allongement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’allonger, ou résultat de cette action (augmentation de la longueur, rallongement) Pronounced \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Often confused with allongent and allégement.

Key facts for allongement
PropertyValue
Headwordallongement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,645
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for allongement is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,645 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 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 allongement, with forms such as "allnogement", "allognement", and "allonegment". 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, "allongent", "allégement", 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 allongement, spelled A-L-L-O-N-G-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’allonger, ou résultat de cette action (augmentation de la longueur, rallongement)
  2. 2
    Allongement relatif, augmentation relative de la longueur d’un matériau.
  3. 3
    Caractéristique géométrique de la voilure d′un aéronef. L′allongement est égal au ratio de l′envergure au carré sur la surface portante de l'aile.
  4. 4
    Sensation visuelle que l'objet est plus long ou filiforme qu'il ne l'est.
  5. 5
    Lenteurs affectées et recherchées que certaines gens mettent dans les affaires.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: allnogement,allognement,allonegment,allongeemnt,allongemennt,allongementt,allongemetn,allongemment,allongemnet,allonggement,allongmeent,allonngement,alolngement,alongement,lalongement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for allongement

Misspelling Variants of "allongement"

allnogement11allognement11allonegment11allongeemnt11allongemennt12allongementt12allongemetn11allongemment12
Misspelling Variants of "allongement"

Frequency rank: #18,645 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allongement"?
"allongement" is spelled A-L-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\.
What does "allongement" mean?
As a noun, "allongement" means: Action d’allonger, ou résultat de cette action (augmentation de la longueur, rallongement)
What words are commonly confused with "allongement"?
"allongement" is commonly confused with "allongent", "allégement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "allongement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allongement" is \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allongement" come from?
"allongement" 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.