atermoiement
\a.tɛʁ.mwa.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“atermoiement” 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’atermoyer, c’est-à-dire le fait de différer quelque chose, de le remettre à plus tard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atermoiement · atermoiement · French
atermoiement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | atermoiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tɛʁ.mwa.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atermoiement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
atermoiement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.tɛʁ.mwa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for atermoiement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is atermoiement, spelled A-T-E-R-M-O-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’atermoyer, c’est-à-dire le fait de différer quelque chose, de le remettre à plus tard.
- 2Contrat par lequel un créancier accorde à son débiteur des délais pour se libérer ou l’autorise à faire des payements partiels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atermoiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], puis, à certains tournants, quelques quinquets rougeoyaient indiquant le circuit que l’on décrivait dans ces atermoiements de lumière et d’ombre, […].
N’ayant aucune notion précise quant au fond même du débat, je n’en trouvais pas moins affreux les atermoiements, exquisita supplicia, de la justice américaine.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.