anfractuosités

\ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\

/\ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“anfractuosités” is uncommon French (frequency #97,657 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,657
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de anfractuosité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anfractuosites · anfractuosités · French

anfractuosités · rank #97,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,657
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH androgynes

Nearest frequency peer: androgynes (-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 « anfractuosités »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anfractuosités » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anfractuosités
PropertyValue
Headwordanfractuosités
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\
Letters14
Frequency rank#97,657
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anfractuosités » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.anfractuositéstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « androgynes » (#97,656), « angor » (#97,659), « analyserons » (#97,654). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anfractuosités » est au #97,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anfractuosités is uncommon French at frequency #97,657 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de anfractuosité.".

anfractuosités has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 anfractuosités, spelled A-N-F-R-A-C-T-U-O-S-I-T-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de anfractuosité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anfractuosités appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans un grand épanchement de clarté, je vois, sous les pins des promontoires, une côte éclatante, d’immenses baies toutes bleues, une théâtrale enluminure, où la ligne déchiquetée des porphyres limite en ses anfractuosités rougeoyantes l’azur doré de la mer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anfractuosités"?
"anfractuosités" is spelled A-N-F-R-A-C-T-U-O-S-I-T-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\.
What does "anfractuosités" mean?
As a noun, "anfractuosités" means: Pluriel de anfractuosité.
How do you pronounce "anfractuosités"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anfractuosités" is \ɑ̃.fʁak.tɥɔ.zi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anfractuosités", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list