appointement
\a.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“appointement” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jugement interlocutoire dans lequel le juge ordonnait que les parties produisent par écrit leurs informations sur les points qui n’avaient pu être suffisamment éclaircis à l’audience.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appointement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appointement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for appointement is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for appointement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is appointement, spelled A-P-P-O-I-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Jugement interlocutoire dans lequel le juge ordonnait que les parties produisent par écrit leurs informations sur les points qui n’avaient pu être suffisamment éclaircis à l’audience.
- 2Rétribution fixe attachée à une place, à un emploi surtout public, et payée à des époques régulières.
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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.
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Using “appointement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-O-I-N-T-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.