raclement
\ʁɑ.klə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“raclement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de racler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raclement · raclement · French
raclement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | raclement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ.klə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raclement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raclement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ.klə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
raclement has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is raclement, spelled R-A-C-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de racler.
- 2Bruit d’une chose qui en racle une autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raclement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce que nous faisons en quelques discrets raclements de chaise.
[…] il n’est pas bien sûr que Fabienne ait entendu son raclement de gorge.
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.