exhalaison
\ɛɡ.za.le.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“exhalaison” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui s’exhale d’un corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhalaison · exhalaison · French
exhalaison · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | exhalaison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.za.le.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
exhalaison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.za.le.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qui s’exhale d’un corps.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for exhalaison in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exhalaison, spelled E-X-H-A-L-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ce qui s’exhale d’un corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhalaison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des maladies pestilentielles désolaient de plus les Gaulois campés dans des bas-fonds, au milieu d'un cercle d'éminences et sur un terrain brûlant, que tant d'incendies avaient imprégné d’exhalaisons enflammées, et où le moindre vent les offusquait de poussière et de cendre.
Le vent chaud apportait, avec l’odeur du soufre, comme l’exhalaison des villes maudites, ensevelies plus bas que le rivage sous les eaux pesantes.
This word in other languages
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