harponnement
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pɔn.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“harponnement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pêche au harpon ou à la fouane, action de harponner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harponnement · harponnement · French
harponnement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | harponnement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pɔn.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harponnement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harponnement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pɔn.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pêche au harpon ou à la fouane, action de harponner.".
harponnement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is harponnement, spelled H-A-R-P-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1pêche au harpon ou à la fouane, action de harponner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how harponnement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un baleinier écossais, M. Wederburn, a pour mission propre la pêche des grands Cétacés ; mais beaucoup de matelots sont d’une adresse extrême dans le harponnement des espèces plus petites, telles que les dauphins.
Synonyms
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.