haïssement
^((h aspiré))\a.is.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“haïssement” 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) - Haine, mépris exacerbé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haissement · haïssement · French
haïssement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | haïssement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.is.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
haïssement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.is.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haine, mépris exacerbé.".
haïssement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is haïssement, spelled H-A-Ï-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Haine, mépris exacerbé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haïssement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il méprisait et exécrait aussi la plupart de ses confrères, et son jugement habituel, à leur sujet, s'exprimait ainsi : « Ah, c'est un bien déconcertant salaud. » C'était ce haïssement général qui avait fait dire à Barbey, lors de la publication d'un des premiers volumes d’Huysmans, que l'auteur avait le choix entre le pistolet, et le pied de la Croix, ou…
— Sans trop m'avancer je crois qu'Hitler était un demi-fou — il déraisonnait, tout ce qui était contre lui devait être tué — […] — Il déportait par folie et haïssement des hommes — Un dément — Un débile, etc.
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.