amincissement
\a.mɛ̃.sis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“amincissement” is uncommon French (frequency #68,032 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,032
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’amincir ou état de ce qui est aminci.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amincissement · amincissement · French
amincissement · rank #68,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,032
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anagrammes
Nearest frequency peer: anagrammes (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « amincissement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amani
amani
31,972 corpus weight
- Amaya
Amaya
31,971 corpus weight
- amincisseme…
amincissement
31,969 corpus weight
- anagrammes
anagrammes
31,968 corpus weight
- analysait
analysait
31,967 corpus weight
- aneth
aneth
31,966 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amincissement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amincissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɛ̃.sis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amincissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amincissement is uncommon French at frequency #68,032 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mɛ̃.sis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’amincir ou état de ce qui est aminci.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for amincissement in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amincissement, spelled A-M-I-N-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’amincir ou état de ce qui est aminci.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amincissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces précisions sont médiocres mais les taux dʼamincissement des glaciers dans les régions basses, à moins de 1200 m, dépassent nettement cette marge dʼerreur.
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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