feulement
\fœl.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“feulement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cri du tigre, ou rauquement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feulement · feulement · French
feulement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | feulement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fœl.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feulement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feulement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fœl.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for feulement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is feulement, spelled F-E-U-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Cri du tigre, ou rauquement.
- 2Bruit de gorge du chat lorsqu’il veut intimider.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feulement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le feulement du tigre s’entend loin dans la forêt.
Je lui saisis les mains. Elle se dégagea avec un long feulement de chatte.
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.