amollissant
\a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“amollissant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui amollit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amollissant · amollissant · French
amollissant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | amollissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amollissant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amollissant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui amollit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for amollissant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is amollissant, spelled A-M-O-L-L-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui amollit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amollissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des plaisirs amollissants.
Des bouffées de vent chaud passaient, pleines de senteurs amollissantes.
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.