picotements

\pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\

/\pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“picotements” is uncommon French (frequency #60,276 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,276
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de picotement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-picotements · picotements · French

picotements · rank #60,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,276
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Phénicie

Nearest frequency peer: Phénicie (-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 « picotements »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « picotements » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for picotements
PropertyValue
Headwordpicotements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « picotements » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.picotementstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Phénicie » (#60,275), « pinacle » (#60,277), « pissenlits » (#60,278). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « picotements » est au #60,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

picotements is uncommon French at frequency #60,276 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de picotement.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for picotements, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is picotements, spelled P-I-C-O-T-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de picotement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how picotements appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alterner eau chaude et froide durant la douche post-marathon (ou pour des bains de pieds) est une solution aussi simple qu’efficace pour chasser les toxines, désensibiliser les pieds aux picotements et protéger les articulations.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "picotements"?
"picotements" is spelled P-I-C-O-T-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\.
What does "picotements" mean?
As a noun, "picotements" means: Pluriel de picotement.
How do you pronounce "picotements"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "picotements" is \pi.kɔt.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "picotements" come from?
"picotements" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "picotements", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list