classement

\klɑs.mɑ̃\

/\klɑs.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“classement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,622
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de classer, de mettre dans un certain ordre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-classement · classement · French

classement · rank #1,622 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,622
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bruit

Nearest frequency peer: bruit (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « classement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « classement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

classement vs classent
80% similar
classement vs crissement
80% similar
classement vs classements
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for classement
PropertyValue
Headwordclassement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɑs.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,622
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « classement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).classementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bruit » (#1,621), « conseiller » (#1,623), « Bretagne » (#1,620). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « classement » est au #1,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around classement (IPA \klɑs.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,622 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for classement, with forms such as "calssement", "cclassement", and "clasement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "classent", "crissement", "classements", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 classement, spelled C-L-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de classer, de mettre dans un certain ordre.
  2. 2
    État de ce qui est classé.
  3. 3
    Position dans le classement.
  4. 4
    Action de mettre un objet ou une information dans un lieu spécifique —bâtiment, pièce dédiée pour un objet matériel, espace de stockage pour des données numériques— afin de préserver et de pouvoir retrouver facilement l’objet ou l’information.
  5. 5
    Forme courte de la locution classement sans suite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how classement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au cours de ces dernières années, de nombreux modèles nouveaux de tamis pour le classement granulométrique du charbon, sont entrés en service dans l'industrie houillère.
  2. En effet, on a vu précédemment que le classement arborescent atteint vite ses limites : l’explorateur de document de Google Docs, basé sur des mots-clefs, est plus efficace que l’explorateur Windows basé sur une arborescence stricte.

Synonyms

rangerdéposerenregistrerranger

This word in other languages

classification(English)Ablage(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calssement
  • cclassement
  • clasement
  • clasesment
  • classeemnt
  • classemennt
  • classementt
  • classemetn
  • classemment
  • classemnet
  • classmeent
  • cllassement
  • clsasement
  • lcassement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of classement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

calssement2cclassement1clasement1clasesment2classeemnt2classemennt1classementt1classemetn2
Edit distance from "classement"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "classement"?
"classement" is spelled C-L-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \klɑs.mɑ̃\.
What does "classement" mean?
As a noun, "classement" means: Action de classer, de mettre dans un certain ordre.
What words are commonly confused with "classement"?
"classement" is commonly confused with "classent", "crissement", "classements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "classement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "classement" is \klɑs.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "classement" come from?
"classement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "classement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conseiller#1,623pourraient#1,632opérations#1,603militaires#1,600

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

structure14 variantsdécouvert14 variantsdocuments14 variantsbritannique14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list