fléchissement
\fle.ʃis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“fléchissement” is uncommon French (frequency #55,290 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,290
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de fléchir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flechissement · fléchissement · French
fléchissement · rank #55,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,290
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Flanagan
Nearest frequency peer: Flanagan (-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 « fléchissement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flambées
flambées
44,713 corpus weight
- Flanagan
Flanagan
44,712 corpus weight
- fléchisseme…
fléchissement
44,711 corpus weight
- fofo
fofo
44,710 corpus weight
- Foresti
Foresti
44,709 corpus weight
- formidablem…
formidablement
44,708 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fléchissement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fléchissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fle.ʃis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fléchissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fléchissement is uncommon French at frequency #55,290 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fle.ʃis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fléchissement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fléchissement, spelled F-L-É-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de fléchir.
- 2État d’un corps qui fléchit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fléchissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le fléchissement des genoux.
En d’autres mots, un mouvement avec un fléchissement dominant des hanches est un soulevé de terre, et celui avec un fléchissement dominant dans les genoux est un squat.
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.
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