gémissement

\ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\

/\ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“gémissement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,318
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de gémir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gemissement · gémissement · French

gémissement · rank #41,318 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,318
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grisons

Nearest frequency peer: grisons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gémissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gémissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gémissement vs glissement
82% similar
gémissement vs gémissements
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gémissement
PropertyValue
Headwordgémissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,318
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gémissement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gémissementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grisons » (#41,317), « généralisées » (#41,319), « grince » (#41,316). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gémissement » est au #41,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around gémissement (IPA \ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,318 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for gémissement, with forms such as "gemissement", "ggémissement", and "gméissement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "glissement", "gémissements", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gémissement, spelled G-É-M-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de gémir.
  2. 2
    Plainte.
  3. 3
    Bruit ressemblant à un gémissement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’air était rempli des gémissements et du cliquetis des armes, les planchers ruisselaient du sang des malheureux qui expiraient dans des transports de rage.
  2. Le sang coule à flots. Le gémissement des blessés, le murmure étouffé de ceux qui s’efforcent de se dégager de cette mêlée de mort et de mourants, navrent le cœur du soldat, auteur innocent de ce massacre […]

This word in other languages

moan(English)gemido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gemissement
  • ggémissement
  • gméissement
  • géimssement
  • gémisement
  • gémisesment
  • gémisseemnt
  • gémissemennt
  • gémissementt
  • gémissemetn
  • gémissemment
  • gémissemnet
  • gémissmeent
  • gémmissement
  • gémsisement
  • égmissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gémissement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gemissement1ggémissement1gméissement2géimssement2gémisement1gémisesment2gémisseemnt2gémissemennt1
Edit distance from "gémissement"

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 "gémissement"?
"gémissement" is spelled G-É-M-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\.
What does "gémissement" mean?
As a noun, "gémissement" means: Action de gémir.
What words are commonly confused with "gémissement"?
"gémissement" is commonly confused with "glissement", "gémissements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gémissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gémissement" is \ʒe.mis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gémissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

géophysique#41,320germination#41,307impertinent#41,341invertébrés#41,356

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

intercités16 variantsencourageait16 variantsdéferlante16 variantsmultilingue16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list