lessivage
\le.si.vaʒ\
The verdict
“lessivage” is uncommon French (frequency #72,489 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,489
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de lessiver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lessivage · lessivage · French
lessivage · rank #72,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,489
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lenfant
Nearest frequency peer: Lenfant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lessivage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leary
Leary
27,514 corpus weight
- Lenfant
Lenfant
27,513 corpus weight
- lessivage
lessivage
27,512 corpus weight
- lessons
lessons
27,511 corpus weight
- liard
liard
27,509 corpus weight
- libelle
libelle
27,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lessivage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lessivage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.si.vaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lessivage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lessivage is uncommon French at frequency #72,489 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.si.vaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lessivage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 lessivage, spelled L-E-S-S-I-V-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de lessiver.
- 2Action de faire sécher du bois en utilisant de la vapeur d'eau.
- 3Processus qui entraine les minéraux du sol en profondeur, par percolation.
- 4Vente, en particulier de biens mal acquis ou prohibés.
- 5Blanchiment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lessivage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut opérer le lessivage avec une lessive de soude caustique à nᵒ 4 B et sous pression de deux atmosphères.
Les vernis à parquets doivent pouvoir résister aux produits ménagers utilisés pour l'entretien ou accidentellement répandus (eau, lessives, détersifs, alcool, etc. ). Ils doivent résister au lessivage.
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.
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