diminutions

\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\

/\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“diminutions” is uncommon French (frequency #53,894 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,894
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de diminution.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diminutions · diminutions · French

diminutions · rank #53,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,894
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diabolo

Nearest frequency peer: diabolo (-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 « diminutions »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diminutions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for diminutions
PropertyValue
Headworddiminutions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « diminutions » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diminutionstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « diabolo » (#53,893), « dip » (#53,895), « Demba » (#53,892). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diminutions » est au #53,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

diminutions is uncommon French at frequency #53,894 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de diminution.".

Zero misspellings are on record for diminutions in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is diminutions, spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de diminution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, chez un chien qui a mis 21 jours et demi à mourir, il y a eu plusieurs diminutions suivies de réaugmentations.

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 "diminutions"?
"diminutions" is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\.
What does "diminutions" mean?
As a noun, "diminutions" means: Pluriel de diminution.
How do you pronounce "diminutions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diminutions" is \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list