extremum
\ɛk.stʁɛ.mɔm\
The verdict
“extremum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point extrême atteint par un phénomène quantifiable (physique, statistique etc.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-extremum · extremum · French
extremum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | extremum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stʁɛ.mɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
extremum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.stʁɛ.mɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for extremum, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is extremum, spelled E-X-T-R-E-M-U-M.
Definition
- 1Point extrême atteint par un phénomène quantifiable (physique, statistique etc.).
- 2Maximum ou minimum d’une fonction, valeur extrême atteinte par l'image de celle-ci dans un certain intervalle (extremum local) ou dans tout l'ensemble de définition (extremum global) ; dans le cas d'une fonction dérivable, point notamment caractérisé par l'annulation de la dérivée de son antécédent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extremum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il est bien connu que les extrema de la magnitude ne se produisent pas au moment des extrema de la pulsation ….
Sur l’extremum de certaines intégrales doubles
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.