anfractuosité
\ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥo.zi.te\
The verdict
“anfractuosité” 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) - Cavité, creux, enfoncement irrégulier et sinueux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anfractuosite · anfractuosité · French
anfractuosité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | anfractuosité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥo.zi.te\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anfractuosité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥo.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anfractuosité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is anfractuosité, spelled A-N-F-R-A-C-T-U-O-S-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Cavité, creux, enfoncement irrégulier et sinueux.
- 2Cavité inégale qui se trouve à la surface de certains os.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anfractuosité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis, de Vouvray jusqu'à Tours, les effrayantes anfractuosités de cette colline déchirée sont habitées par une population de vignerons.
Les pies de mer, les alouettes de mer, suivaient en piétinant les anfractuosités de la côte.
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.