fourmillement
\fuʁ.mij.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“fourmillement” is uncommon French (frequency #86,719 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,719
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de fourmiller, d'aller et venir en tous sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fourmillement · fourmillement · French
fourmillement · rank #86,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,719
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH foulant
Nearest frequency peer: foulant (-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 « fourmillement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- forcèrent
forcèrent
13,285 corpus weight
- forests
forests
13,284 corpus weight
- foulant
foulant
13,283 corpus weight
- fourmilleme…
fourmillement
13,282 corpus weight
- fournirai
fournirai
13,281 corpus weight
- fournirons
fournirons
13,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fourmillement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourmillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuʁ.mij.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fourmillement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fourmillement is uncommon French at frequency #86,719 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuʁ.mij.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fourmillement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fourmillement, spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de fourmiller, d'aller et venir en tous sens.
- 2Très grande quantité ; prolifération.
- 3Formication ; sorte de picotement sous-cutané provoqué par un engourdissement ou à une compression des nerfs ou des veines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourmillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a dans certaines villes jusqu'ici préservées, il y a de ces rues extraordinaires, remarquables tantôt par leur fourmillement et tantôt par leur silence, car la variétés des villes est infinie.
Il se servit une tasse de café, s'installa dans son fauteuil, le fit pivoter vers la fenêtre et consacra quelques instants à observer le fourmillement dense de la circulation.
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.
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