frissonnement
\fʁi.sɔn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“frissonnement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de frissonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frissonnement · frissonnement · French
frissonnement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frissonnement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁi.sɔn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frissonnement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frissonnement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁi.sɔn.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
frissonnement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is frissonnement, spelled F-R-I-S-S-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de frissonner.
- 2Action de frissonner.
- 3(Figuré)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frissonnement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il va avoir la fièvre, il sent déjà un frissonnement.
Les yeux fermés, elle écouta le bruit de la nature, le frissonnement des feuilles sur lesquelles crépitaient les gouttes, les craquements du sous-bois.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.