assombri
\a.sɔ̃.bʁi\
The verdict
“assombri” is uncommon French (frequency #59,081 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,081
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendu sombre par une faible lumière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assombri · assombri · French
assombri · rank #59,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,081
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH asservis
Nearest frequency peer: asservis (-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 « assombri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- argentier
argentier
40,923 corpus weight
- artificier
artificier
40,922 corpus weight
- asservis
asservis
40,921 corpus weight
- assombri
assombri
40,920 corpus weight
- attentionnés
attentionnés
40,919 corpus weight
- aubépine
aubépine
40,918 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « assombri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assombri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.sɔ̃.bʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « assombri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
assombri is uncommon French at frequency #59,081 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.sɔ̃.bʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
assombri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is assombri, spelled A-S-S-O-M-B-R-I.
Definition
- 1Rendu sombre par une faible lumière.
- 2Rendu soucieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how assombri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fenêtre était ouverte dans la façade d’une maison. Deux jeunes filles se penchaient sur la barre d’appui, et causaient, s’arrêtant par moments, pour respirer les odeurs de terre qui montaient des champs assombris.
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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