atténuant
\a.te.nɥɑ̃\
The verdict
“atténuant” is uncommon French (frequency #71,258 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,258
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui atténue, qui diminue la gravité d’un crime, d’un délit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attenuant · atténuant · French
atténuant · rank #71,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,258
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH attachements
Nearest frequency peer: attachements (-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 « atténuant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- astragale
astragale
28,746 corpus weight
- Athens
Athens
28,745 corpus weight
- attachements
attachements
28,744 corpus weight
- atténuant
atténuant
28,743 corpus weight
- atténuante
atténuante
28,742 corpus weight
- auscultation
auscultation
28,741 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « atténuant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atténuant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.te.nɥɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atténuant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
atténuant is uncommon French at frequency #71,258 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.te.nɥɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui atténue, qui diminue la gravité d’un crime, d’un délit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for atténuant in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is atténuant, spelled A-T-T-É-N-U-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui atténue, qui diminue la gravité d’un crime, d’un délit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atténuant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il avait, avec une naïve bonne foi, signé une reconnaissance de dette et, en outre, les circonstances pouvaient passer pour atténuantes.
Les faits atténuants.
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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