façonnent
\fa.sɔn\
The verdict
“façonnent” is uncommon French (frequency #52,062 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,062
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de façonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-faconnent · façonnent · French
façonnent · rank #52,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,062
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH faussaires
Nearest frequency peer: faussaires (-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 « façonnent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- faunique
faunique
47,941 corpus weight
- faussaires
faussaires
47,940 corpus weight
- façonnent
façonnent
47,939 corpus weight
- fellations
fellations
47,938 corpus weight
- fender
fender
47,937 corpus weight
- Fergus
Fergus
47,936 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « façonnent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | façonnent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fa.sɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « façonnent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
façonnent is uncommon French at frequency #52,062 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fa.sɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
façonnent has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is façonnent, spelled F-A-Ç-O-N-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de façonner.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de façonner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how façonnent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peur de perdre les symboles — logement, automobile, matériel hifi… — qui, dans une société d’ultraconsommation, d’ultravisibilité, d’ultrarelativité, d’ultrarivalité, façonnent l’identité et positionnent dans la hiérarchie sociale.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "façonnent"?
What does "façonnent" mean?
How do you pronounce "façonnent"?
What language does "façonnent" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "façonnent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).