amollissement
\a.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“amollissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’amollir ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amollissement · amollissement · French
amollissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | amollissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amollissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’amollir ou résultat de cette action.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amollissement, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amollissement, spelled A-M-O-L-L-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’amollir ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amollissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’amollissement de la cire.
— Il se signa deux fois comme un homme qui se méfie de l’amollissement inaccoutumé d’un cœur qui, en de telles occasions, ressemblait en dureté à l’acier de son épée.
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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.