flottement

\flɔt.mɑ̃\

/\flɔt.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“flottement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,791
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de flotter sur l’eau, d’onduler dans l’air.

Corpus desk

Index FR-flottement · flottement · French

flottement · rank #41,791 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,791
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filant

Nearest frequency peer: filant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « flottement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « flottement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

flottement vs flottent
80% similar
flottement vs fortement
80% similar
flottement vs frottement
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for flottement
PropertyValue
Headwordflottement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flɔt.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,791
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « flottement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).flottementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « filant » (#41,790), « franciscain » (#41,792), « fichue » (#41,789). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « flottement » est au #41,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around flottement (IPA \flɔt.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,791 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for flottement, with forms such as "fflottement", "fllottement", and "flotement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "flottent", "fortement", "frottement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is flottement, spelled F-L-O-T-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de flotter sur l’eau, d’onduler dans l’air.
  2. 2
    Mouvement d’ondulation dans la marche d’une troupe, et qui rompt ainsi son alignement.
  3. 3
    Incertitude dans les idées ou dans les actes.
  4. 4
    Vibrations aéroélastiques de haute fréquence, entretenues et parfois divergentes, affectant la cellule d’un avion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il part à la poursuite du flottement argenté de ses bulles d’air qui remontent à la surface.
  2. Après une seconde de flottement, la lutte reprit de plus belle, mais les mouches avaient changé d'âne. Rattrapé par sa forme précaire, le fugitif se sentit d'un coup fiévreux et le corps fourbu.

Synonyms

balancementondulationhésitationincertitude

This word in other languages

flutter(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fflottement
  • fllottement
  • flotement
  • flotetment
  • flotteemnt
  • flottemennt
  • flottementt
  • flottemetn
  • flottemment
  • flottemnet
  • flottmeent
  • fltotement
  • folttement
  • lfottement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flottement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fflottement1fllottement1flotement1flotetment2flotteemnt2flottemennt1flottementt1flottemetn2
Edit distance from "flottement"

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 "flottement"?
"flottement" is spelled F-L-O-T-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \flɔt.mɑ̃\.
What does "flottement" mean?
As a noun, "flottement" means: Action de flotter sur l’eau, d’onduler dans l’air.
What words are commonly confused with "flottement"?
"flottement" is commonly confused with "flottent", "fortement", "frottement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "flottement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flottement" is \flɔt.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flottement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

everybody14 variantsgrégorien14 variantsempathique14 variantsdésabonner14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list