ambitionner
\ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“ambitionner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rechercher avec ambition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ambitionner · ambitionner · French
ambitionner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ambitionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ambitionner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ambitionner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ambitionner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ambitionner, spelled A-M-B-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rechercher avec ambition.
- 2Il se dit, par exagération, dans certaines formules de civilité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambitionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partie globalement intégrante des élites rennaises, les avocats nʼapparaissent ainsi pas tous comme des notables, seule une partie d’entre eux pouvant ambitionner de participer au pouvoir municipal.
Francis Claude ambitionnait d'attirer chez lui les intellectuels et la bourgeoisie de la rive gauche, désireux de « s'encanailler ».
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.