pression atmosphérique
\pʁɛ.sjɔ̃ at.mɔs.fe.ʁik\
The verdict
“pression atmosphérique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pression exercée par l’atmosphère terrestre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pression atmosphérique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɛ.sjɔ̃ at.mɔs.fe.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pression atmosphérique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pression atmosphérique is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɛ.sjɔ̃ at.mɔs.fe.ʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pression atmosphérique, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pression atmosphérique, spelled P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N- -A-T-M-O-S-P-H-É-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Pression exercée par l’atmosphère terrestre.
- 2Pression exercée par l’atmosphère d’une planète, étoile ou autre corps astral.
This word in other languages
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- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N- -A-T-M-O-S-P-H-É-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.