froncement
\fʁɔ̃s.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“froncement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de froncer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-froncement · froncement · French
froncement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | froncement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ̃s.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « froncement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
froncement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɔ̃s.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de froncer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for froncement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is froncement, spelled F-R-O-N-C-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de froncer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how froncement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce froncement de sourcil, ou plutôt le remords de son imprudence, fut le premier échec porté à l’illusion qui entraînait Julien.
Il n’en continua pas moins sa route, quoiqu’il eût été facile de juger, au léger froncement de ses sourcils, qu’il eût préféré tomber au milieu de l’intimité de la famille que dans le tumulte d’un bal, ….
This word in other languages
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.