franchissait

\fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\

/\fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“franchissait” is uncommon French (frequency #63,769 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,769
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de franchir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-franchissait · franchissait · French

franchissait · rank #63,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,769
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fourrées

Nearest frequency peer: fourrées (-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 « franchissait »

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 « franchissait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for franchissait
PropertyValue
Headwordfranchissait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,769
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « franchissait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.franchissaittombe 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: « fourrées » (#63,768), « franglais » (#63,770), « fourquet » (#63,767). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « franchissait » est au #63,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

franchissait is uncommon French at frequency #63,769 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de franchir.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for franchissait in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is franchissait, spelled F-R-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de franchir.

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 "franchissait"?
"franchissait" is spelled F-R-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\.
What does "franchissait" mean?
As a verb, "franchissait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de franchir.
How do you pronounce "franchissait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "franchissait" is \fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "franchissait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list