fulgurance

\fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\

/\fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“fulgurance” is uncommon French (frequency #83,900 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,900
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est fulgurant, de ce qui a l’éclat, la brillance de la foudre, fulguration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fulgurance · fulgurance · French

fulgurance · rank #83,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,900
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fulgurants

Nearest frequency peer: fulgurants (+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 « fulgurance »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fulgurance
PropertyValue
Headwordfulgurance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,900
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fulgurance » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fulgurancetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fulgurants » (#83,901), « fricassée » (#83,898), « funambules » (#83,902). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fulgurance » est au #83,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fulgurance is uncommon French at frequency #83,900 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fulgurance, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fulgurance, spelled F-U-L-G-U-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est fulgurant, de ce qui a l’éclat, la brillance de la foudre, fulguration.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est brillant, lumineux, ce qui frappe les esprits par sa rapidité et sa vivacité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les fulgurances du bouquet final furent saluées par des salves d’applaudissements.
  2. La fulgurance de son œuvre a marqué ses contemporains.

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); 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 "fulgurance"?
"fulgurance" is spelled F-U-L-G-U-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "fulgurance" mean?
As a noun, "fulgurance" means: Caractère de ce qui est fulgurant, de ce qui a l’éclat, la brillance de la foudre, fulguration.
How do you pronounce "fulgurance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fulgurance" is \fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fulgurance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list