frémissement
\fʁe.mis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“frémissement” is uncommon French (frequency #50,847 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,847
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commencement d’agitation dans les corps naturels
| 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) |
Where “frémissement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
frémissement is uncommon French at frequency #50,847 among 137,178 “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.
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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Using “frémissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-É-M-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁe.mis.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.