caillement
\kaj.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“caillement” 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) - État de ce qui caille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caillement · caillement · French
caillement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | caillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaj.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caillement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caillement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaj.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui caille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for caillement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caillement, spelled C-A-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui caille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une explication moderne du tableau soutient qu’Hildegarde aurait vraisemblablement lu Aristote parce que celui-ci avait déjà comparé la formation d’un embryon avec le caillement du lait au moment de la préparation du fromage.
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.