ascensionnel
\a.sɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“ascensionnel” is uncommon French (frequency #79,945 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,945
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à l’ascension.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ascensionnel · ascensionnel · French
ascensionnel · rank #79,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,945
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH arriérées
Nearest frequency peer: arriérées (-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 « ascensionnel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arquées
arquées
20,059 corpus weight
- arriérées
arriérées
20,057 corpus weight
- ascensionnel
ascensionnel
20,056 corpus weight
- asked
asked
20,055 corpus weight
- aspersion
aspersion
20,054 corpus weight
- atlantiste
atlantiste
20,052 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ascensionnel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascensionnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ascensionnel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ascensionnel is uncommon French at frequency #79,945 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.sɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ascensionnel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ascensionnel, spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à l’ascension.
- 2Qualifie la force ou le mouvement par lequel un corps tend à s’élever
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ascensionnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le docteur, d’après des calculs très exacts, trouva que, pour les objets indispensables à son voyage et pour son appareil, il devait emporter un poids de quatre mille livres ; il fallut donc rechercher quelle serait la force ascensionnelle capable d’enlever ce poids, et, par conséquent, quelle en serait la capacité.
Quelle ne fut pas ma surprise d’avoir en mains un avion qui ne demandait qu’à monter. Il était toujours assez pénible à piloter, parce qu’il était très lourd, mais sa vitesse ascensionnelle me surprenait.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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