rallongement
\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“rallongement” 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 rallonger ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rallongement · rallongement · French
rallongement · 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 "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 | rallongement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rallongement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rallongement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de rallonger ou résultat de cette action.".
No misspelling variants are generated for rallongement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rallongement, spelled R-A-L-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de rallonger ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rallongement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis des années, les associations de lutte contre les violences sexuelles demandent donc un rallongement des délais de prescription, et c’est également une recommandation du HCE.
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.