louvoiement
\lu.vwa.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“louvoiement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de louvoyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-louvoiement · louvoiement · French
louvoiement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | louvoiement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lu.vwa.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « louvoiement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
louvoiement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lu.vwa.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for louvoiement in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is louvoiement, spelled L-O-U-V-O-I-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de louvoyer.
- 2Lors d’un déplacement, mouvement intermédiaire permettant, suite à un décalage de trajectoire, de revenir à la trajectoire initiale ou à une trajectoire parallèle au déplacement initial.
- 3Mouvement ondulatoire partant de l’arrière du véhicule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how louvoiement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malgré les louvoiements de M. Trump sur ses rapports avec la Russie, les expulsions de diplomates russes décidées lundi lèvent les ambiguïtés sur la solidité de la solidarité occidentale face à un acte qualifié par la Maison Blanche d’« attaque odieuse ».
Avec la tente et mes affaires sur le porte-bagages, ma moto partait dés 80 km/h dans un louvoiement peu rassurant.
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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.