frissonnant

\fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\

/\fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“frissonnant” is uncommon French (frequency #87,652 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,652
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui frissonne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frissonnant · frissonnant · French

frissonnant · rank #87,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,652
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH freemium

Nearest frequency peer: freemium (-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 « frissonnant »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frissonnant
PropertyValue
Headwordfrissonnant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « frissonnant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frissonnanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « freemium » (#87,651), « franchissez » (#87,650), « fruitées » (#87,654). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frissonnant » est au #87,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frissonnant is uncommon French at frequency #87,652 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui frissonne.".

No misspelling variants are generated for frissonnant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is frissonnant, spelled F-R-I-S-S-O-N-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui frissonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how frissonnant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une foule frissonnante.
  2. Une feuille frissonnante.

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 "frissonnant"?
"frissonnant" is spelled F-R-I-S-S-O-N-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\.
What does "frissonnant" mean?
As an adjective, "frissonnant" means: Qui frissonne.
How do you pronounce "frissonnant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frissonnant" is \fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frissonnant" come from?
"frissonnant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

franchissez#87,650fichtrement#87,639feuilletage#87,638garantissez#87,667

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list