fleurissement

\flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\

/\flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“fleurissement” is uncommon French (frequency #79,321 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,321
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de fleurir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fleurissement · fleurissement · French

fleurissement · rank #79,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,321
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flippent

Nearest frequency peer: flippent (+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 « fleurissement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fleurissement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fleurissement
PropertyValue
Headwordfleurissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#79,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fleurissement » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fleurissementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « flippent » (#79,322), « flagrance » (#79,319), « float » (#79,323). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fleurissement » est au #79,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fleurissement is uncommon French at frequency #79,321 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

fleurissement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fleurissement, spelled F-L-E-U-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de fleurir.
  2. 2
    Orner, décorer, garnir, embellir de fleurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fleurissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mardi 12 mai. Journée passée au jardin, dans le fleurissement des roses, le chant des oiseaux, la lumière printanière.
  2. Le fleurissement des magnolias sera ce soir achevé. Sauf celui-ci, qu’elle cueillit ce soir en revenant du port. Le temps fuit, égal à lui-même, sur ce fleurissement oublié.

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); 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 "fleurissement"?
"fleurissement" is spelled F-L-E-U-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\.
What does "fleurissement" mean?
As a noun, "fleurissement" means: Action de fleurir.
How do you pronounce "fleurissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleurissement" is \flœ.ʁis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleurissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fleurissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list