foudroiement
\fu.dʁwa.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“foudroiement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de foudroyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foudroiement · foudroiement · French
foudroiement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | foudroiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fu.dʁwa.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foudroiement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foudroiement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fu.dʁwa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de foudroyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for foudroiement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is foudroiement, spelled F-O-U-D-R-O-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de foudroyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foudroiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a fallu, soit l’éclatant désastre de Marius et son allocution au Cimbre chargé de le tuer, soit l’auguste commandement d’une mère au lion de Florence, pour faire connaître historiquement quelques-uns de ces foudroiements de la pensée.
Depuis une quinzaine dʼannées, des recherches sur la physiopathologie du foudroiement ont complété les publications des cas cliniques, ouvrant la voie à la kéraunopathologie et aux recommandations pour la prise en charge des foudroyés.
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.