martèlement
\maʁ.tɛ.lə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“martèlement” is uncommon French (frequency #89,903 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,903
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de marteler, de frapper avec un marteau ou un maillet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-martelement · martèlement · French
martèlement · rank #89,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,903
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marionette
Nearest frequency peer: Marionette (-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 « martèlement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marbrée
marbrée
10,100 corpus weight
- Marionette
Marionette
10,099 corpus weight
- martèlement
martèlement
10,098 corpus weight
- Masahiro
Masahiro
10,097 corpus weight
- matam
matam
10,096 corpus weight
- matchmaking
matchmaking
10,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « martèlement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | martèlement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.tɛ.lə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « martèlement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
martèlement is uncommon French at frequency #89,903 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.tɛ.lə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
martèlement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is martèlement, spelled M-A-R-T-È-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de marteler, de frapper avec un marteau ou un maillet.
- 2Bruit cadencé rappelant celui des coups de marteau.
- 3Action de répéter avec insistance mots, messages, paroles etc. → voir matraquage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how martèlement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Objet rehaussé d'or par martèlement, le martèlement du métal sur l'enclume.
A cet instant, dans le passage, d'autres voix s'élevèrent, accompagnées d'un martèlement de pas précipités.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).