papillotement
\pa.pi.jɔt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“papillotement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de papilloter, effet produit par cela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papillotement · papillotement · French
papillotement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | papillotement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pi.jɔt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « papillotement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
papillotement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.pi.jɔt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
papillotement has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is papillotement, spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-O-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de papilloter, effet produit par cela.
- 2Fluctuation de tension électrique causée par des perturbations électromagnétiques ou par des variations de puissance sur le réseau porteur de cette tension.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how papillotement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un papillotement chromique de jaune, de rose, de noir, et de vert, ainsi qu’une palette tournante, et appartenant tour à tour à Breughel, Steen, Teniers, Goya, Manet et Monticelli.
La rumeur du grenier la pénètre. Ce remugle de foin, de sacs, ce papillotement de couleurs, et cette chaleur du soleil qui filtre en été par les fentes du toit comme une éventail d'or.
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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.