enfantement
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃t.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enfantement” is uncommon French (frequency #73,963 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,963
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’enfanter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfantement · enfantement · French
enfantement · rank #73,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,963
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encéphalopath…
Nearest frequency peer: encéphalopathie (-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 « enfantement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emmerdez
emmerdez
26,041 corpus weight
- encourageai…
encourageaient
26,040 corpus weight
- encéphalopa…
encéphalopathie
26,039 corpus weight
- enfantement
enfantement
26,038 corpus weight
- enfourner
enfourner
26,037 corpus weight
- ensevelies
ensevelies
26,036 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enfantement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfantement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃t.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enfantement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enfantement is uncommon French at frequency #73,963 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃t.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’enfanter.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for enfantement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is enfantement, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’enfanter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfantement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le seul aspect de la femme révèle qu’elle n’est destinée ni aux grands travaux de l’intelligence, ni aux grands travaux matériels. Elle paie sa dette à la vie non par l’action mais par la souffrance, les douleurs de l’enfantement, les soins inquiets de l’enfance.
Le long enfantement de la grandeur romaine.
Synonyms
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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