frémissement
\fʁe.mis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“frémissement” is uncommon French (frequency #50,847 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,847
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commencement d’agitation dans les corps naturels
Corpus desk
Index FR-fremissement · frémissement · French
frémissement · rank #50,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,847
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frustrante
Nearest frequency peer: frustrante (-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 « frémissement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frigos
frigos
49,157 corpus weight
- fruitier
fruitier
49,156 corpus weight
- frustrante
frustrante
49,155 corpus weight
- frémissement
frémissement
49,154 corpus weight
- fumigène
fumigène
49,153 corpus weight
- funambule
funambule
49,152 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frémissement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frémissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁe.mis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frémissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frémissement is uncommon French at frequency #50,847 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁe.mis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
frémissement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is frémissement, spelled F-R-É-M-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Commencement d’agitation dans les corps naturels
- 2Agitation accompagnée d’un bruissement.
- 3Suite de vibrations rapides, surtout en parlant des corps sonores.
- 4Se dit d’un tremblement qui vient de quelque émotion ou de quelque passion violente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frémissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur l’horizon, l’aube se devinait au frémissement de l’air, bien que la nuit se révélât encore d’un noir inaltéré.
Je dois mourir. Mais mourir sans vous avoir vue, sans avoir écouté le frémissement de votre robe, sans avoir recueilli vos pleurs, quelle mort !
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).