gissement
\ʒis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“gissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation des côtes de la mer les unes par rapport aux autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gissement · gissement · French
gissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Situation des côtes de la mer les unes par rapport aux autres.".
gissement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gissement, spelled G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Situation des côtes de la mer les unes par rapport aux autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] il y avait donc moins d'éminences et d'aspérités sur l'hémisphère austral que sur le boréal, dès le temps même de la consolidation de la Terre ; et si l'on considère pour un instant ce gissement général des terres et des mers, on reconnaîtra que tous les continents vont en se rétrécissant du côté du midi, et qu'au contraire toutes les mers vont en s'é…
GISSEMENT, s. m. (Marine.) Les marins désignent par ce mot la manière dont une côte gît & est située, eu égard aux rumbes de vent de la boussole.
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.