cloisonnement
\klwa.zɔn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“cloisonnement” is uncommon French (frequency #54,481 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,481
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de cloisonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cloisonnement · cloisonnement · French
cloisonnement · rank #54,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,481
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clinquant
Nearest frequency peer: clinquant (-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 « cloisonnement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- circo
circo
45,524 corpus weight
- classifier
classifier
45,523 corpus weight
- clinquant
clinquant
45,521 corpus weight
- cloisonneme…
cloisonnement
45,520 corpus weight
- collectivis…
collectivisation
45,518 corpus weight
- colonisée
colonisée
45,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cloisonnement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloisonnement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klwa.zɔn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #54,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cloisonnement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cloisonnement is uncommon French at frequency #54,481 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klwa.zɔn.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cloisonnement, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 cloisonnement, spelled C-L-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de cloisonner.
- 2Division en catégories distinctes.
- 3Action de diviser les tâches impliquant une information confidentielle afin que personne ne soit capable d'en fuiter suffisamment pour que cela soit nuisible. Cela s'applique aussi lors des opérations afin que, si un maillon est capturé par un ennemi, ce dernier ne puisse obtenir des informations pertinentes.
- 4Ensemble d’itinéraires ouverts dans une parcelle pour y faciliter les interventions ; chacun de ces itinéraires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cloisonnement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cloisonnement d'un bureau.
Le cloisonnement des filières universitaires.
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Antonyms
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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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