étourdiment
\e.tuʁ.di.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“étourdiment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une façon étourdie, sans prendre de précautions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etourdiment · étourdiment · French
étourdiment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | étourdiment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \e.tuʁ.di.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étourdiment » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étourdiment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \e.tuʁ.di.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une façon étourdie, sans prendre de précautions.".
étourdiment doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is étourdiment, spelled É-T-O-U-R-D-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une façon étourdie, sans prendre de précautions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étourdiment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il jouait bien involontairement un rôle sinistre et mystérieux – le rôle d’espion international. Il surprenait des secrets ; il menaçait, en fait, les projets d’une puissance non moindre que l’Empire Germanique ; il se jetait étourdiment dans le foyer ardent de la Welt-Politik.
Cloton ne peut vous faire d’autre grâce Que de filer vos jours très lentement ; Mais Cloton va toujours étourdiment,
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.