annihilement
\a.ni.i.lə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“annihilement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’annihiler, ou état de celui qui s'annihile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-annihilement · annihilement · French
annihilement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | annihilement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ni.i.lə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « annihilement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
annihilement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ni.i.lə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’annihiler, ou état de celui qui s'annihile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for annihilement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is annihilement, spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’annihiler, ou état de celui qui s'annihile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how annihilement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pauvre nature humaine, dans quel état d’épuisement ou d’exaspération vas-tu sortir de cette torture ! Démence pour les uns, annihilement pour les autres… Quand nous aurons repoussé ou payé l’ennemi du dehors, que serons-nous ?
Synonyms
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.