allongement
\a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“allongement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,645 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,645
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’allonger, ou résultat de cette action (augmentation de la longueur, rallongement)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allongement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “allongement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for allongement is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for allongement, with forms such as "allnogement", "allognement", and "allonegment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is allongement, spelled A-L-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’allonger, ou résultat de cette action (augmentation de la longueur, rallongement)
- 2Allongement relatif, augmentation relative de la longueur d’un matériau.
- 3Caractéristique 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.
- 4Sensation visuelle que l'objet est plus long ou filiforme qu'il ne l'est.
- 5Lenteurs affectées et recherchées que certaines gens mettent dans les affaires.
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of allongement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “allongement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “allongent” - see the side-by-side comparison. allongement vs allongent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.