ensemencer
\ɑ̃.s(ə.)mɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“ensemencer” is uncommon French (frequency #88,588 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,588
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répandre des semences en vue de les cultiver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ensemencer · ensemencer · French
ensemencer · rank #88,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,588
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enthousiasmés
Nearest frequency peer: enthousiasmés (+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 « ensemencer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enfreinte
enfreinte
11,417 corpus weight
- enroulements
enroulements
11,415 corpus weight
- ensemencer
ensemencer
11,413 corpus weight
- enthousiasm…
enthousiasmés
11,412 corpus weight
- entêtant
entêtant
11,410 corpus weight
- Erstein
Erstein
11,408 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ensemencer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ensemencer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.s(ə.)mɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ensemencer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ensemencer is uncommon French at frequency #88,588 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.s(ə.)mɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ensemencer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ensemencer, spelled E-N-S-E-M-E-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Répandre des semences en vue de les cultiver.
- 2Inoculer de germes de microorganismes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ensemencer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On combat l’ivraie annuelle par des assolements; elle ne repousse pas dans un champ mis en luzerne ou en trèfle; s'il est ensemencé en pois gris ou en vesces, elle se trouve étouffée; enfin, elle périt sous les binages […].
Dans la première année, c'est-à-dire immédiatement après l’endiguement, on a l'habitude d’ensemencer le polder en orge. C'est l’ensemencement qui réussit le mieux dans la terre imparfaitement desséchée et dessalée.
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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