élargissent

\e.laʁ.ʒis\

/\e.laʁ.ʒis\/ verb

The verdict

“élargissent” is uncommon French (frequency #52,440 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,440
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de élargir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elargissent · élargissent · French

élargissent · rank #52,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,440
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH égalitaires

Nearest frequency peer: égalitaires (-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 « élargissent »

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 « élargissent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for élargissent
PropertyValue
Headwordélargissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.laʁ.ʒis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « élargissent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).élargissenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « égalitaires » (#52,439), « électrogène » (#52,441), « électrotechnique » (#52,442). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « élargissent » est au #52,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

élargissent is uncommon French at frequency #52,440 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.laʁ.ʒis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for élargissent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is élargissent, spelled É-L-A-R-G-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de élargir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de élargir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de élargir.

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 "élargissent"?
"élargissent" is spelled É-L-A-R-G-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.laʁ.ʒis\.
What does "élargissent" mean?
As a verb, "élargissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de élargir.
How do you pronounce "élargissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élargissent" is \e.laʁ.ʒis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élargissent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "élargissent", 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