-ment
\mɑ̃\
The verdict
“-ment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suffixe adverbial. L’adverbe se construit généralement à partir du féminin singulier de l’adjectif correspondant ; mais il existe des exceptions, notamment pour les adjectifs terminés par une voyel...
Corpus desk
Index FR-ment · -ment · French
-ment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -ment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ment” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-ment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suffixe adverbial. L’adverbe se construit généralement à partir du féminin singulier de l’adjectif correspondant ; mais il existe des exceptions, notamment pour les adjectifs terminés par une voyel...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for -ment, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is -ment, spelled --M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Suffixe adverbial. L’adverbe se construit généralement à partir du féminin singulier de l’adjectif correspondant ; mais il existe des exceptions, notamment pour les adjectifs terminés par une voyelle au masculin, par exemple vraiment, crûment, gentiment et confusément. Pour les adjectifs qui se terminent par -ant ou -ent, on les transforme respectivement en -amment ou en -emment, par exemple élégamment et évidemment, excepté quelques mots comme lentement, présentement et véhémentement.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.