dimensionner
\di.mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“dimensionner” is uncommon French (frequency #97,855 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,855
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fixer, déterminer les dimensions d'un objet, d'un édifice, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dimensionner · dimensionner · French
dimensionner · rank #97,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,855
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diphtongues
Nearest frequency peer: diphtongues (+2 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 « dimensionner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dentelés
dentelés
2,151 corpus weight
- described
described
2,149 corpus weight
- dimensionner
dimensionner
2,146 corpus weight
- diphtongues
diphtongues
2,144 corpus weight
- disa
disa
2,143 corpus weight
- discourse
discourse
2,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dimensionner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dimensionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \di.mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dimensionner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dimensionner is uncommon French at frequency #97,855 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \di.mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dimensionner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dimensionner, spelled D-I-M-E-N-S-I-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fixer, déterminer les dimensions d'un objet, d'un édifice, etc.
- 2Déterminer les caractéristiques d’une installation lors de sa conception pour satisfaire à des critères préétablis et à la pratique règlementaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dimensionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le temple maçonnique est dimensionné selon le nombre d'or.
On a dimensionné le nouveau bâtiment voyageurs pour l'adapter aux besoins actuels en termes de trafic, de sécurité et de surveillance.
This word in other languages
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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