effritement
\e.fʁit.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“effritement” is uncommon French (frequency #75,643 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,643
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s'effriter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effritement · effritement · French
effritement · rank #75,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,643
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH edel
Nearest frequency peer: edel (-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 « effritement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- eas
eas
24,362 corpus weight
- edel
edel
24,359 corpus weight
- effritement
effritement
24,358 corpus weight
- Eisenberg
Eisenberg
24,356 corpus weight
- Ekaterinbou…
Ekaterinbourg
24,355 corpus weight
- Elbaz
Elbaz
24,354 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « effritement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effritement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fʁit.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effritement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effritement is uncommon French at frequency #75,643 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fʁit.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de s'effriter.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for effritement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is effritement, spelled E-F-F-R-I-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de s'effriter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effritement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En traversant le couloir, M. de Fleurville jette autour de lui l’œil du maître. Il observe l’état du dallage, la peinture des murs, l’effritement du plafond.
Selon toute vraisemblance, la créolisation des Indiens s’est donc traduite par un effritement marqué de la famille indienne traditionnelle.
Synonyms
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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