balayement
\ba.lɛ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“balayement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de balayer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balayement · balayement · French
balayement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | balayement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.lɛ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balayement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balayement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.lɛ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de balayer.".
balayement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is balayement, spelled B-A-L-A-Y-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de balayer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balayement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les protestans se sont conformés aux ordonnances des maires, dans les parties relatives à la propreté des rues : le balayement en a été ponctuellement exécuté.
C’est le balayement des rues qui constitue la ressource principale (28,3 % de l’ensemble des recettes sur les deux établissements).
Synonyms
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.