exhaussement
\ɛɡ.zos.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“exhaussement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’exhausser ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhaussement · exhaussement · French
exhaussement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | exhaussement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zos.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exhaussement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exhaussement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛɡ.zos.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’exhausser ou résultat de cette action.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exhaussement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exhaussement, spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’exhausser ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhaussement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Procéder à l’exhaussement d’une maison.
Donner de l’exhaussement à un mur.
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.