apurement

\a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\

/\a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“apurement” is uncommon French (frequency #90,407 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,407
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’apurer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apurement · apurement · French

apurement · rank #90,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,407
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apprêté

Nearest frequency peer: apprêté (-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 « apurement »

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 « apurement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apurement
PropertyValue
Headwordapurement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apurement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).apurementtombe 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: « apprêté » (#90,406), « archivée » (#90,408), « appréhendait » (#90,405). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apurement » est au #90,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apurement is uncommon French at frequency #90,407 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apurement, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is apurement, spelled A-P-U-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’apurer.
  2. 2
    Action de clarifier, d’épurer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis l’apurement de ses comptes.
  2. En cas de décès d'un acheteur, personne physique, le contrat s'éteint de plein droit par caducité. L'ONF s'accorde alors avec les héritiers, dans le cadre de la succession, sur les modalités d'apurement de la situation.

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 "apurement"?
"apurement" is spelled A-P-U-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "apurement" mean?
As a noun, "apurement" means: Action d’apurer.
How do you pronounce "apurement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apurement" is \a.pyʁ.mɑ̃\. 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 "apurement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list