ennuyance
\ɑ̃.nɥi.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“ennuyance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est ennuyeux, ennuyant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ennuyance · ennuyance · French
ennuyance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ennuyance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.nɥi.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ennuyance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ennuyance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.nɥi.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ennuyance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ennuyance, spelled E-N-N-U-Y-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est ennuyeux, ennuyant.
- 2Fait de s'ennuyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ennuyance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça aurait été bien d’expliciter, un peu plus longuement que par cette seule phrase, le sens du titre de cette chronique plutôt que de multiplier (avec ennui) les exemples d’ennuyance de la télé.
Si on ajoute à celà un plein de vieilles émissions en reprise au canal dit « culturel » ARTV, c’est d'une ennuyance abyssale.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.