intermittemment
\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.ta.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“intermittemment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De façon intermittente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intermittemment · intermittemment · French
intermittemment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | intermittemment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.ta.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
intermittemment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.ta.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De façon intermittente.".
No misspelling variants are generated for intermittemment in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is intermittemment, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-M-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1De façon intermittente.
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.