mollissement
\mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“mollissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de mollir ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mollissement · mollissement · French
mollissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mollissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mollissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mollissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de mollir ou résultat de cette action.".
mollissement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mollissement, spelled M-O-L-L-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de mollir ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mollissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il songea qu’il y avait un rapport mystérieux entre l’imperceptible mollissement des angles, l’affaissement des capitons, la décoloration des tentures et sa propre fatigue.
Synonyms
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.