amoindrissement
\a.mwɛ̃d.ʁis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“amoindrissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui s'amoindrit ou de ce qui est amoindri.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amoindrissement · amoindrissement · French
amoindrissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | amoindrissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mwɛ̃d.ʁis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amoindrissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mwɛ̃d.ʁis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui s'amoindrit ou de ce qui est amoindri.".
amoindrissement has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is amoindrissement, spelled A-M-O-I-N-D-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui s'amoindrit ou de ce qui est amoindri.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amoindrissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce fut ainsi que commença l’amoindrissement de la maison de la belle madame Hulot, et, disons-le, son abandon solennellement promis à madame Marneffe.
Puis, après une demi-heure d'un incomparable éclat, sans qu'il se fût resserré ni concentré, sans un amoindrissement même partiel de sa lumière, le splendide météore s'éteignit soudain, …
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