diminutions
\di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\
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
- Demba
Demba
46,109 corpus weight
- diabolo
diabolo
46,108 corpus weight
- diminutions
diminutions
46,107 corpus weight
- dip
dip
46,106 corpus weight
- dissipés
dissipés
46,105 corpus weight
- diurétiques
diurétiques
46,104 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diminutions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diminutions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diminutions » en français
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
- 1Pluriel de diminution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diminutions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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